Lippincott'S Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Volume 26 December, 1880. by Various None (have you read this book txt) 📖
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Vaguely Whether His Providence Had, By Any Chance, Got The Desiderated
Three Shillings Necessary For The Redemption Of The Banjo Hidden Away In
The Rob Roy Tartan. He Would Not Have Been Surprised Had It Been So, And
He Would Have Asked No Questions.
Seeing That Her Eyes Followed The Direction Of His With A Forbidding
Frown, He Said Tentatively, "Ye Didn'--Didna--"
"What?" Snapped Baubie Crossly: She Divined His Meaning Exactly. "Come
Awa' Wi' Ye!" She Ordered, Facing Right Round Countryward.
"We'Ll Gae Awa' Til Glasgae, Baubie, Eh? I'M Thinkin' To Yer Auntie'S.
_She_"--With A Gesture Of His Head Backward At The Prison--"Will No' Be
Oot This Month; Sae She'Ll Niver Need To Ken, Eh?"
Baubie Nodded. He Only Spoke Her Own Thoughts, And He Knew It.
The First Turn To The Right Past The High School Brought Them Out On The
Road Before Holyrood, Which Lay Grim And Black Under The Sun-Bathed
Steeps Of Arthur'S Seat. On By The Grange And All Round The
South-Eastern Portion Of The City This Odd Couple Took Their Way. It Was
A Long Round, But Safety Made It Necessary. At Last, Between
Corstorphine'S Wooded Slopes And The Steeper Rise Of The Pentlands, They
Struck Into The Glasgow Road. In The Same Order As Before They Pursued
Their Journey, Baubie Leading As Of Old, Now And Again Vouchsafing A
Word Over Her Shoulder To Her Obedient Follower, Until The Dim Haze Of
The Horizon Received Into Itself The Two Quaint Figures, And Baubie
Wishart And The Rob Roy Tartan Faded Together Out Of Sight.
_The Author Of "Flitters, Tatters And The Counsellor_."
Gas-Burning, And Its Consequences.
Volume 26 Title 1 (Lippincott'S Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science) Pg 98
"It Is Remarkable What Attention Has Been Attracted All Over The Country
By The Recent Experiments With Edison'S Inventions," Observed My Friend
The Traveller As Our Host Turned A Fuller Flow Of Gas In The Chandelier.
"Even In The Little Villages Out West, Of Only One Bank And _Not_ One
Good Hotel, The Topics Which Last Spring Generally Excited Most Interest
In All Circles Were Edison'S Electric Light And Bell'S Telephone."
"Very Likely," Replied Our Host, An Elderly Gentleman Of Fortune. "If We
Had Such Impure Gas As Is Found In Many Of The Villages And Small Cities
Not So Very Far West, I'D Never Light A Burner In My Library Again. As
It Is, I Do So Very Rarely. The Products Of Gas Combustion Act On The
Bindings Until Firm Calf Drops In Pieces, And Even Law-Sheep Loses Its
Coherency, As The Argument Of The Opposing Counsel Does When Your Own
Lawyer Begins To Talk."
"The Effect On The Upholstery And Metallic Ornaments Is As Bad As Upon
The Books," Added Our Hostess. "This Room Will Have To Be Refurnished In
The Spring--All On Account Of The Changes In color Both Of The Paper And
The Silk And Cotton Fabrics; And The Bronze Dressing On Those Statuettes
Is Softening, So That There Are Lines And Spots Of Rust All Over Them."
"Perhaps, My Dear, They Would Have Suffered Equally From The Atmosphere
Without Gas," Replied The Old Gentleman, Looking At His Wife Over His
Glasses.
"Our Friend Here Has A Hundred Thousand More In Gas Stock Than He Had A
Year Ago, And I Suspect That He Is Still A Bear In The Market," Said His
Neighbor A Chemist, Who Had Just Dropped In.
"If I Lose I Shall Lay It To Your Advice."
"You Did Well To Buy--If You Sell At Once," Said The Traveller, Who Was
Interested In The Electric Light To Some Unknown Extent: "Gas Stock Will
Finally Have To Go Down."
"When The Sun Shines In The Night, Not Before," Asserted A Young
Accountant From The Gas-Works Who Had Been Holding A Private Talk With
The Daughter Of The House At The Other Corner Of The Room.
"Gas Companies Can Manufacture At Less Cost Than Formerly," Said The
Chemist.
"But Yet Gas Has Gone Up Again Lately. You May Thank The Electric-Light
Boom For The Temporary Respite You Have Had From Poor Gas At High
Prices."
"Yes; Some Of The Companies Put Gas Down Lower Than They Could
Manufacture It, In Order To Hold Their Customers At A Time When People
Almost Believed That Edison'S Light Would Prove A Success."
"But It _Was_ A Success. It Proved An Excellent Light, Displayed A Neat
Lamp, And Gave No Ill Effects Upon Either The Atmosphere Or The Eyes;
And The Perfect Carbons Showed A Surprising Endurance. The Only
Difficulty Is That The Invention Is Not Yet Perfected So As To Go
Immediately Into Use."
Volume 26 Title 1 (Lippincott'S Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science) Pg 99"But The Lower Part Of The Glasses Becomes Dark With Deposited Carbon,"
Returned The Chemist. "If Carbons Could Be Made To Last Long Enough To
Render The Lamps Cheap, This Smoking Of The Globes Would Set A Limit At
Which The Lamps Would Cease To Be Presentable; And The Cleaning, And The
Exhausting Of Air Again, Are Difficult And Expensive."
"That Remains To Be Proved. But Coal Is Sure To Grow Dearer."
"That Isn'T Likely Within A Century. Besides, By The Fault Of The
Consumer Gas-Light Costs Now One-Third More Than It Should For The Same
Light. The Best English Authorities State This To Be The Case In Great
Britain, And I Have No Question That Such Is The Fact Here."
"How Would You Remedy The Evil Of Waste?"
"By The Use Of Economical Burners And Of Governors To Regulate The Flow
Of Gas."
"That Is Very Easily Said. What Is The Name Of Your Economical Burner?"
"I Am Not An Advocate Of Any Special Burner, But Of All That Are
Constructed On Right Principles."
"There Are Many Kinds Of Burners. Do You Not Have Some Classification
For Them?" Inquired The Young Lady, Who Was Fresh From Wellesley.
"The Usual Forms Of The Burner," Replied The Chemist "--Or, More
Properly, The Forms Of The Tip--Are The Fishtail, The Batwing And The
Argand. In The First The Gas Issues Through Two Holes Which Come
Together At The Top, So That The Two Jets Of Gas Impinge And Form A Flat
Flame; In The Batwing The Gas Issues In a Thin Sheet Through A Slit In a
Hollow Knob; While In The Argand The Gas Enters A Short Cylinder Or
Broad Ring, Escaping Thence Through Numerous Holes At The Upper Edge.
There Are Many Varieties Of Each Of These, Differing In The Construction
Of The Part Below The Tip. The Argand Has Long Been The Favorite Burner
For The Table And Desk. Its Advantages Are A Strong, Steady Light, But,
As You Know, It Is Apt To Smoke At Every Slight Increase In The Pressure
Of The Gas, Though There Are Recent Improved Forms In Which This Fault
Is In a Measure Corrected. A Properly-Made Argand Burner Will Give A
Light Equal To Three Whole Candles (Spermaceti, Of The Standard Size And
Quality) For Every Foot Of Gas Burned. Of The Argand Burners, Guise'S
Shadowless Argand Has Been Considered The Best, But Of Late Years Sugg'S
Letheby Burner Has Carried Off The Palm. Wood'S Burner Has Been A
Favorite, As, Being A Fishtail, It Could Be Used With A Short Chimney,
Which Gives The Flame Steadiness. By The Arms On The Chimney-Frame The
Flame Is Broadened At The Bottom, With A Smaller Dark Space At The Base
Than In any Other Flat-Flame Burner. It Is So Constructed That The
Quantity Of Gas Passing Is Regulated By Turning A Tap In The Lower Part
Of The Burner, Which Changes The Size Of The Orifice In The Tube. Ten
Years Ago This Burner, With A Regulator At The Meter, Was Generally
Thought To Be The Most Economical Contrivance Possible. It Is Now Little
Used. Yet Either The Batwing Or The Fishtail Tip Can Be Used In any
Common Burner Except The Argand. The Old Brass And Iron Tips Are Mostly
Superseded By Those Of "Lava," Being Liable To An Early Change Of The
Orifice From Incrustation And Rust. In The Flat-Flame Burners There Are
Differences In The Internal Arrangement. Perhaps Our Young
Gas-Manufacturer Here Can Tell Us What Is Now The Most Approved Burner."
Volume 26 Title 1 (Lippincott'S Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science) Pg 100
The Young Man Confessed That He Had Specimens Of The Best Kinds Of
Flat-Flame Burners In His Pocket. He Quickly Brought From His Overcoat
In The Hall A Small Paper Parcel From Which He Produced Several Bright
Little Brass Tubes, Explaining That He Carried Them Because Somebody Was
Always Inquiring About The Best Kind Of Burner. "These Save Talk," Said
He.
With A Small Wrench He Removed One Of The Old Burners, And The Several
Kinds Were Successively Tested In Its Place. Some Gave A Better Light,
But It Was Objected That They Might Consume More Gas. Whereupon The
Chemist Tore A Strip From His Well-Worn Handkerchief, And, Having Damped
It, Wound The Ribbon Several Times Around The Top Of The Old Burner
(Which Had Been Replaced), Leaving The Orifice Uncovered. The New Burner
Was Screwed Down Over This, Making A Gas-Tight Connection. "There," Said
He, "We Have A Gauge. The New Burner Will Receive The Same Amount Of Gas
That The Old One Consumed--No More, No Less--But The Current Is Slightly
Checked."
The Burner Gave The Same Amount Of Light As Before, So Far As The Eye
Could Perceive.
"In The Combustion Of Gas For Heating Purposes," Continued The Chemist,
"Seek The Burner With Free, Rapid Delivery Through Small Holes. For
Light You Want Something Different. Suppose You Send A Current Of Gas Up
Into This Sewing-Thimble: It Can Find An Exit Only By Turning Backward.
Then Suppose It Escapes From The Thimble Only To Enter A Larger Cavity
Above It, Whence It Must Issue Through A Burner-Tip With An Orifice Of
The Usual Size. The Current, You Perceive, Is Twice Completely Broken.
It Will Be Seen That Only The Expansive Force Of The Gas, Together With
Its Buoyancy, Acts Upon The Jets, Instead Of A Direct Current. Now, It
Will Always Be Found That The Burner Which Best Carries Out The
Principles Just Illustrated--Other Points Being Equal--Will Give More
Light With A Less Quantity Of Gas Than Any Other. This Also Exhibits
The Chief Principle Of Most Of The Governors Or Regulators.
"You Will Observe That This Checking Of The Current Is Attained In
Various Ways In different Burners," Continued The Chemist As He
Unscrewed And Dissected The Samples Before Him. "In Some It Is Done By A
Perforated Metal
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