Gas light burners Finish:Rolled economy and utmost simplicity

economy and utmost simplicity

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The man is sharpening an item on his grinder which he is operating by foot

and coracle men have been responsible for adding measurably to Britain's fish supply during the war

Gas light burners Finish:Rolled economy and utmost simplicityPlate 3 from the Bakerian Lecture paper 'On the composition and analysis of the imflammable gaseous compounds resulting from the destructive distillation of coal and oil, with some remarks on their relative heating and illuminating powers', by William Thomas Brande, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 110 (1820), pp. 11 28. Three figures showing an Argand burner (figures 1 and 2) and a rose burner (figure 3). Signed lower left 'Wm.