The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 263
complete absence of soot and smoke. 6th. The durability of the apparatus, and the ease with which it is man-aged. 7th The possibility of applying with success, the principle to burners ofall sizes, from one consuming 1 foot, to another consuming 100 per hour. 8th. The easy mode of \entilation it… … Fig. 1.—Section. Fig. 2.—Plan. ■ Tins picture gallery was illuminated with the Boccius light forsix weeks, and gave satisfaction ; it was formerly lighted by 30 bats wings consuming 1,000feet an hour : but with 3 Boccius burners, consuming225 feet an hour, lhle the amount of light was obtained ;…
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