Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 281
hollow-wire system is applied to portable gasolinelamps in which a remarkably convenient and brilliant lamp ismade to take the place of the customary kerosene lamp. Smallportable gasoline lamps are now extensively used for the samepurpose as ordinary oil lanterns. These lamps are convenientas a… … Fig. 186.—Hollow-wire system of gasoline lighting with gravity feed. illustrated in Fig. 186, the supply of gasoline is stored in theupper part of the house in a tank T and conducted to the burnersbelow, through a system of small copper tubes as indicated bythe heavy lines in the drawing. The same…
Heating · Lighting · Plumbing
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