Lighting by Acetylene

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Excerpt from Lighting by Acetylene: Generators, Burners and Electric FurnacesAs for the American gas generators, a description of types of those which the author has been able to discover from an examination of the United States Patent Office records, direct interviews with the manufacturers or inquiry among the carbide dealers is included, but, since hundreds are experimenting in this field, and since two or three new generators are patented in this country each week, it is quite impossible to include the most recent ones.Suffice it to say that, in the very nature of the problem involved, generators may all be divided into three classes, and that any new machine can differ from the existing forms only in matters of detail.For the production of acetylene it is necessary to bring calcic carbide into contact with water in some kind of vessel from which the resulting gas may be conveyed for use.Whether the carbide is thrown into water, or the water is poured upon the carbide, is in general terms a matter of indifference, the result being practically the same.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.