Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 816
cannot be entirely separated from each other. Theaccidents which have from time to time occurred with some of these com-bustibles, And have caused legislative enactments with regard to them, aredue to the imperfect removal by distillation of the more volatile bodies,which rise in vapour at ordinary… … Fig. 346.— View of the City of London Gas-works. COAL-GAS. WHEN coal is burning in a common fire, we may see jets of smoky-gas issuing from the pieces of coal before they become red hot. Thisvapour, coming in contact with flame in another part of the fire, may oftenbe observed to ignite, thus…
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