Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 208
^ circuit. ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSTRUCTION. 197 738. ELECTRIC GAS LIGHTER.—Non-short-circuiting. The wiping spring is insu-lated, and there is no electric current except atthe instant of lighting. … 739. POCKET ELECTRIC LIGHT.-A dry battery, with a smallIncandescent lamp connected with it by a break-piece operated by the thumb. A small lens at thefront protects the lamp and con-centrates the light. Gives aconstant light for several hours.Battery easily renewed.
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