Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart (1868)
Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868, Smith, James alexander · London, W. Tegg · leaf 202
f air, is capable of blowing out this flame, so that it is necessary to have a contrivance for sustaining it. The method which I used for this pur- pose is shown in Fig. 22. A small gas tube a b c, arising from the main burner M N of the gas lamp P Q, termi- nates above the burner, and has a short… … a manner as to throw their jets of gas to the apex of a cone, of which / g is the base. When we cause the gas to flow from the burner M, by opening the main cock A, it will rush into the tube abed, and issue in small flames at the four holes in the ring/</. The size of these flames is regulated by…
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