Illustrations of the theory and practice of ventilation : with remarks on warming, exclusive lighting, and the communication of sound (1844)
Reid, D. B. (David Boswell), 1805-1863 · London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans · leaf 247
hitherto it has not heen so economically produced, nor so steadilysustained, as is required for practical purposes. 526. The lime-hall light, introduced hy the late Captain … Drummond, and also pointed out hy Mr Gfurney, is deve- HEAT AND LIGHT. 223 loped, by heating intensely a ball or cylinder of lime, againstwhich a stream of coal or hydrogen gas is directed, its combus-tion being animated by mingling with it, where it strikes thelime, with proper precautions to…
