 | 1771 - 488 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas, that...extreme interest. It is well known, that as much as from thirty to forty per cent, of the whole quantity of gas produced, is sometimes unaccounted for, and... | |
 | 1845 - 604 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas, that...40 per cent, of the whole quantity of gas produced, ia sometimes unaccounted for, and this great and positive loss has generally been attributed to leakage.... | |
 | 1845 - 488 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas, that...extreme interest. It is well known that as much as from HO to 40 per cent, of the whole quantity of gas produced is sometimes unaccounted for, and this great... | |
 | 1845 - 516 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas, that...is one of extreme interest. It is well known that es much as from 30 to 40 percent, of the whole quantity of gas produced is sometimes unaccounted for,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1845 - 474 Seiten
...therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to tbe consumers of gas, that it should be accurately measured,...is one of extreme interest. It is well known that us much as from 30 to 40 per cent, of the whole quantity of gas produced is sometimes unaccounted for,... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1846 - 526 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas that...unaccounted for, and this great and positive loss has generally been attributed to leakage. That there is a certain constant amount of leakage through the... | |
 | United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Interstate commerce - 1921 - 1302 Seiten
...order than when they took the roads over, as a matter of fact, investigations made later on showed that as much as from 30 to 40 per cent of the box cars were unfit to carry the things they were made to cany, and still they were reported as good-order... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1922 - 942 Seiten
...thing, and they would not carry grain" (p. 145). It was the well-considered judgment of this witness that " as much as from 30 to 40 per cent of the box cars were unfit to carry the things for which they were made to carry, and still they were reported... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an immediate interest in the exact measurement of gas. But if it be important to the consumers of gas, that...unaccounted for, and this great and positive loss has generally been attributed to leakage. That there is a certain constant amount of leakage through the... | |
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... cost of it among all the consumers, and to make a proportionally high scale of prices. The fair consumer was thus not only made to pay for his own consumption, but to contribute towards that of his dishonest neighbours. The public therefore has an... 