Tunzelmann, George William von, 1856- · New York, Scribner & Welford · leaf 244
ose of lighting isolated countryhouses, m place of employing private gas plants, thepresence of which in the neighbourhood of a house isexceedingly objectionable, owing to the injurious and foul-smellmg gases contained in coal-gas as it comes from theretorts, and from which it has to be purified as… … 2 24 ELECTRICITY IN AIODERN LIFE. where this is not to be obtained, a gas engine is probablythe most convenient motive-power to employ. In a placewhere coal-gas is already available this may be employedfor driving the gas engine, but even when this is notthe case a gas engine may still be employed,…
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