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 138
r. The makers claim for thelamp that it is the only automatic gaslamp made, as it has no valves requiringconstant adjustment; they also claim thatit is absolutely inexplosive. The price, $4,including the adjustable bracket and onecan of carbide, is exceedingly low. Extracarbide in two-pound cans,… … CALCIUM KING (ACETYLENE). even get warm. No steam being generatedthe water must therefore be consumed bythe actual demand made by the light. Thegas cock is independent of the water cock,thus enabling the user to turn the watercock off and burn the gas already generateduntil it is all consumed, the…
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