Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889, publisher, Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, printer, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : H. Perkins, 134 Chestnut Street · leaf 101
risethrough the tube; you then apply a light, and the gaswill become ignited. If you now hold another glasstube, about eighteen or twenty inches long over theflame sufficiently wide to enclose the other tube veryloosely (see engraving), the little speck of flame willsport along the larger tube, and… … GAS AND STEAM. 81 MINIATURE WILL o-THE-WISP. Put a small piece or two of the phosphuret of lime into a saucerof water, when bubbles of phosphuretted hydrogen gas will riseto the surface, explode into flame, and cause a white smoke; repre-senting, on a small scale, the ignis faluus, or will…
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