at p. The Meter, for measuring the gasmanufactured, is at m. The Gas-holder, shown at h, is twenty-two feet in diameter, and fourteen feethigh, with a storage capacity of fivethousand cubic feet. The tank, for theholder, is excavated; the bottom paved,and the sides walled up with brick, laidin… … are all four inches in diameter; and aresupplied with the necessary stops anddrips, to insure the constant working ofthe apparatus and control the differentparts. Works of this capacity will cost aboutsix thousand five hundred dollars, say : For building and tank, . $3,000Iron work complete,. .…
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