 | 1842 - 634 Seiten
...flame ; while, by means of an accurate gas meter, the former was ascertained to consume only 4'4 limes the quantity of gas consumed by the latter, demonstrating...in proportion to the magnitude of the light." The results which Messrs. Brande and Parkcs obtained from a comparison of the Boccius Light, with the common... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1842 - 580 Seiten
...remarkable fact was established by experiments carefully conducted with the same standard wax candles which I employed for comparison prior to my examination...base of the Argand gas flame is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteenths of an inch, a space in which the gas burns with intense heat, but little or no... | |
 | 1842 - 934 Seiten
...Commons. A common argand gas flame was found to emit a light equal to ten such candles (three to a pound,) and a Bude burner, called No. 10, gave a light...base of the argand gas flame is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteenths of an inch, a space in which the gas bums with intense heat, but little or no light;... | |
 | 1842 - 886 Seiten
...Commons. A common argand gas flame was found to emit a light equal to ten such candles (three to a pound,) and a Bude burner, called No. 10, gave a light...base of the argand gas flame is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteenths of an inch, a space in which the gas burns with intense heat, but little or no... | |
 | 1842 - 460 Seiten
...ten times the illuminating power of the gas argand flame ; while, by means of an accurate gas-metre, the former was ascertained to consume only 4.4 times...base of the argand gas flame is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteeuths of an incli. a space in which the gas burns with intense heat, but little or no... | |
 | 1842 - 476 Seiten
...ten times the illuminating power of the gas argaud flame ; while, by means of an accurate gas-metre, the former was ascertained to consume only 4.4 times...comparing the two flames : the base of the argand gas flauie is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteeuths of an inch, a, space in which the gas burns with intense... | |
 | 1842 - 92 Seiten
...flame; while, by means of an accurate gas meter, the former was ascertained to consume only -I ' I times the quantity of gas consumed by the latter,...in proportion to the magnitude of the light." The exact improvement wrought by Mr. Gottlieb Boccius, then, is not very elearly or explicitly stated ;... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1842 - 632 Seiten
...consumed by the latter, demonstratiny the economy of the ßude Light over common nay to be GREAI KR than two to one, and this economy increases in proportion to the magnitude of the light." The results which Messrs. Brande and Parkes obtained from a comparison of the Boccius Light, with the common... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1844 - 324 Seiten
...argand flame ; while, by means of an accurate gas-meter, the former "as ascertained to consume only 4'4 times the quantity of gas consumed by the latter,...Bude light over common gas to be greater than two thirds ; and this economy increases ia proportion to the magnitude of the light. The source of this... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1842 - 448 Seiten
...Commons. A common argand gas flame was found to emit a light equal to ten such candles (three to a pound,) and a Bude burner, called No. 10, gave a light...base of the argand gas flame is of a blue tint for fourteen-sixteenths of an inch, a space in which the gas burns with intense heat, but little or no... | |
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Argand flame, while, by means of an accurate gas metre, the former was ascertained to consume only 4.4 times the quantity of gas consumed by the latter, demonstrating the economy of the Bude light over common gas to be greater than two to one; and this... 