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 288
shedin the tube leading to the mantle M, where it is burned. Inall lamps of this kind, there is a wire screen placed relatively asaS, the object of which is to prevent the mixture in the tube fromexploding—in case of low pressure—and thus cause the gas toignite and burn at the point of entrance to… … Fig. 192.—Mantle gas lamp show-ing details of Bunsen tube. 278 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD however, the screen is interposed between the gas supply and theburner, the flame of explosion will not pass the screen. In lighting the lamp, the gas is turned on and a lighted matchis held under the mantle,…
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