The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 137
ration. The water tank Jbeing filled and the valve L being open,the water passes into the tube F, whichis filled with the fibre G, through whichit percolates, vaporizing from the end intothe screen tube B, saturating the fibrein contact with the carbide in the tankA, forming instantly gas, which… … U6 HELIOS (CARBIDE). an excess of gas for the moment (by ex-cess is meant more pressure than thequarter foot tip L can consume), the re-sult is that th^ gas having but one other outlet, that is, through the water tube,stopping any further supply of water untilthe pressure ceases, when it is again…
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