A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 184
heburner is in full operation, the globe dropsdown below the flame to the position shown;but when the lever d is reversed to shut offthe gas, the link t/ operates to raise theglobe above the top of the burner, thusshielding the little flame from accidentalextinction. The lower end rt- is a… … 344. Sun liglits, and other large groups or clusters ofburners, are usually lighted in a similar manner. When thecluster is extinguished, one small tip is left burning, andthis serves to relight the whole group when the gas is againturned on. This small burner is commonly called a i^ilotlight, and…
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