Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 825
manner, giving a luminous flame. Ordinarygas-jets burning in the streets, at open stalls or shops, may be seen on aAvindy night to have their light almost extinguished by the increasedsupply of oxygen, carried mechanically into the body of the flame, thewhite light instantly changing to pale blue.… … Fig. 351.—Faradays Vejitilating Gas-burner The burners now chiefly used for the consumption of coal-gas for illu-minating purposes are the bats-wing, the fish-tail, and various forms ofArgand. The bats-wing burner is simply a fine slit cut in an iron nipple,and it produces a flat fan-like flame.…
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