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Gas Burners Old and New: A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustionMerriman, Owen

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Gas Burners Old and New: A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustion

Name: Gas Burners Old and New: A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustion
Author: Merriman, Owen

Merriman, Owen

Gas-burners

4   |  3 | 2·10|  10·69| 25·45  |   4   |  3 | 2·90| 13·83 | 23·84
     4   |  4 | 2·65|  13·37| 25·23  |   4   |  4 | 3·30| 17·06 | 25·85
     4   |  5 | 3·45|  17·61| 25·52  |   4   |  5 | 4·10| 21·57 | 26·30
     4   |  6 | 3·55|  18·07| 25·45  |   4   |  6 | 4·20| 22·40 | 26·66
  -------+----+-----+-------+--------+-------+----+-----+-------+--------
     5   |  2 | 1·77|   7·38| 20·85  |   5   |  2 | 2·60|  9·68 | 18·81
     5   |  3 | 2·30|  11·90| 25·87  |   5   |  3 | 3·30| 13·64 | 20·67
     5   |  4 | 3·30|  15·40| 23·33  |   5   |  4 | 4·00| 19·91 | 24·14
     5   |  5 | 4·10|  20·74| 25·29  |   5   |  5 | 5·00| 25·36 | 25·36
     5   |  6 | 4·30|  22·68| 26·37  |   5   |  6 | 5·30| 27·66 | 26·10
  -------+----+-----+-------+--------+-------+----+-----+-------+--------

  TABLE II.

  ----+----+----------------------+---------------------+------------------
      |    |    AT 0·5-INCH     |    AT 1·0-INCH      |    AT 1·5-INCH
           |      PRESSURE.     |      PRESSURE.      |      PRESSURE.
      |    +-----+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+-----+-------+------
  No. |No. |Cubic|Illumi-|Illum.|Cubic|Illumi-|Illum. |Cubic|Illumi-|Illum.
  of  |of  |Feet |nating |Power |Feet |nating |Power  |Feet |nating |Power
  Top.|Bot-|per  |Power. |per   |per  |Power. |per    |per  |Power. |per
      |tom.|Hour.|       |Five  |Hour.|       |Five   |Hour.|       |Five
           |     |       |Cub.  |     |       |Cub.   |     |       |Cub.
           |     |       |Ft.   |     |       |Ft.    |     |       |Ft.
  ----+----+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+-----+-------+------
  A2  | 1  | --  |  --   |  --  | 1·5 |   2·7 |  9·0  | 2·0 |   4·0 | 10·0
   "  | 2  | 1·6 |  2·9  |  9·1 | 2·4 |   5·2 | 10·8  | 3·1 |   6·8 | 11·0
   "  | 2½ | 2·0 |  3·9  |  9·8 | 2·9 |   6·8 | 11·7  | 3·8 |   9·4 | 12·4
  A3  | 3  | 2·1 |  4·4  | 10·5 | 3·2 |   7·8 | 12·2  | 4·4 |  10·6 | 12·0
   "  | 3½ | 2·5 |  4·8  |  9·6 | 3·8 |   9·2 | 12·1  | 4·9 |  12·2 | 12·4
   "  | 4  | 2·5 |  5·4  | 10·8 | 3·8 |   9·6 | 12·7  | 5·2 |  13·6 | 13·1
   "  | 4½ | 3·0 |  6·4  | 10·7 | 4·5 |  10·8 | 12·0  | 5·9 |  14·8 | 12·5
   "  | 5  | 3·2 |  7·7  |  2·0 | 5·1 |  13·2 | 13·0  | 6·8 |  18·0 | 13·2
   "  | 6  | 3·7 |  8·7  | 11·8 | 5·8 |  15·5 | 13·3  | 7·7 |  21·0 | 13·6
   "  | 7  | 3·5 |  8·6  | 12·3 | 5·9 |  16·0 | 13·6  | 8·4 |  23·0 | 13·7
   "  | 8  | 3·7 |  9·0  | 12·2 | 6·2 |  16·8 | 13·5  | 8·6 |  23·4 | 13·6
  B1  | 1  | --  |  --   |  --  | 1·3 |   2·3 |  8·8  | 1·8 |   3·5 |  9·7
  B2  | 2  | 1·3 |  2·3  |  8·8 | 2·1 |   4·4 | 10·5  | 2·8 |   6·4 | 11·4
   "  | 2½ | 1·6 |  3·0  |  9·4 | 2·5 |   6·0 | 12·0  | 3·4 |   8·4 | 12·4
  B3  | 3  | 2·0 |  3·8  |  9·0 | 3·0 |   7·2 | 12·0  | 4·1 |  10·1 | 12·3
   "  | 3½ | 2·3 |  4·3  |  9·3 | 3·4 |   7·7 | 11·3  | 4·5 |  11·0 | 12·2
  B4  | 4  | 2·3 |  4·7  |  0·2 | 3·6 |   8·8 | 12·2  | 5·0 |  13·0 | 13·0
   "  | 4½ | 2·7 |  5·9  | 10·9 | 4·3 |  10·4 | 12·1  | 5·6 |  15·0 | 13·4

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Gas Burners Old and New: A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustion

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