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 284
* See Experiments with Gas at the House of Commons. CANDLES, FLAT GAS-JETS, AND ARGAND LAMPS. 259 618. The accompanying figures explain the form and structureof one of the most perfect varieties of gas-jets ; 182 indicates Fig. IP2. … more particularly the form which the flame generally presents,and 183 shews a transverse section of the same flame, and ofthe channels hy which the opposing currents of gas are led tostrike against each other, and to flash consequently into an ex-ceedingly thin sheet of flame. The burning surfaces…
