Proceedings of the American Gas Light Association ...The Association., 1905 - Gas Vol. 11-22 include: "United States patents relating to gas," "Current gas literature," and "New publications." |
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Page 78 - Parliament is a sperm candle of six to the pound, burning at the rate of 120 grains per hour.
Page 148 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 54 - Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 33,000 ; the result will be the horsepower.
Page 81 - F., have been found by the following method, which is known as the capillary-tube method : — "A small portion of the spermaceti is placed in a short test-tube, and melted by plunging the lower end of the tube in hot water. A glass tube drawn out at one end into a capillary tube about 1 mm. in diameter is dipped narrow end downwards into the liquid spermaceti, so that, when the tube is withdrawn, 2 or 3 mm. of its length are filled with spermaceti, which immediately solidifies. The corresponding...
Page 50 - It has also been found that two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form one molecule of water.
Page iv - The property of all corporations for pecuniary profit, shall be subject to taxation, the same as that of individuals.
Page 80 - Spermaceti shall be not less than 3 per cent, nor more than 4! per cent. 3. The candles made with the materials above prescribed shall each weigh, as nearly as may be, one-sixth of a pound, and will be found to answer to the following test. Immerse a candle taper-end downwards in water of 60° Fahr. with a brass weight of 40 grains attached to the wick by a small piece of thread ; when a further weight of 2 grains is laid on the butt end of the candle it will still float, but with a weight of 4 grains...
Page 79 - Such a wick cut to a length of 1 2 inches when stretched as above shall weigh not more than 7 nor less than 6 grains. The weight of the ash remaining after the burning of ten wicks which have not been steeped in boracic acid, or from which the boracic acid has been washed out, shall be not more than 0.03 grain.
Page 81 - Method Of Washing• WiCks.— As it is found to conduce to the regular burning of candles that the wicks should have been as far as possible cleaned and freed from mineral matters, it is recommended that the candlemaker, before steeping the wicks, shall wash them first in distilled water made alkaline with between 1 and 2 per cent.
Page 97 - ... degree, the temperature of the products resulting from the combustion of this unit weight, and the quotient obtained by dividing the quantity of heat produced by the quantity required to raise the temperature of the products of combustion one degree will give the highest temperature that can be reached by burning the given gas. The quantity of heat produced is given by the calorific value of the gas. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the products of combustion one degree...