A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 182
4:0. Common ornamental fixtures are usually built overa frame, or skeleton, of plain brass or iron tubing. Theornamental part consists of thin tubes, or shells, of brass,which are slipped over the main tubing, and are bound inplace by screwing the various fittings tightly together. The 16 PLUMBING… … Fig. 90. one a, which serves to conduct gas to the burners, and anouter one b, which has a cup c at the top end. The spacebetween the tubes a and b is filled with liquid, and the sup-ply pipe ^idips below its surface at all times, thus preventingthe gas from escaping. The pendant is held up by…
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