Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 306
se ofmeasuring it would doubtless have resulted insending the iron casing flying from the well, or in as it comes from the wells is about forty-five de-grees, Fahrenheit. A burning gas-well is a grand sight. The gasis carried in pipes to a safe distance from the der-rick, to be fired. When lighted,… … producing other effects more startling and costlythan satisfactory or agreeable. Indeed, until re-cently, no plan had been devised by which theflow of gas from a well could be stopped or re-duced. The quantity of gas that escapes fromsome wells is enormous, but probably no cor-rect estimate of it…
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