This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The table below gives the consumption of gas in the different varieties of Bray's flat-flame burners in ordinary use, under a pressure of ten-tenths, or lin. With regard to the apparent inconsistency of some of the figures, these are based on tests made at the instance of the Leeds Corporation.
No. of Burner. | Bray's Regulator Union Jet. | Bray's Special Union Jet. | Bray's Regulator Slit Union. | Bray's Special Slit Union. | Bray's Regulator Batswing. | Bray's Special Batswing. |
Cub. ft. per hour. | Cub.ft per hour. | Cub. ft. per hour. | Cab.ft. per hour. | Cub.ft per hour. | Cub. ft. per hour. | |
0 | 3.6 | 3.05 | __ | __ | - | _ |
1 | 3.9 | 4.02 | 4.8 | 3.53 | 4.26 | 3.86 |
2 | 4.9 | 3.97 | 5.2 | 4'22 | 4.95 | 4.46 |
3 | 4.8 | 4.90 | 6.37 | 4.6l | 5.64 | 5.25 |
4 | 6.67 | 5.15 | 5.88 | 5.69 | 6.74 | 5.55 |
5 | 7.97 | 6.67 | 8.14 | 6.37 | 6.93 | 5.85 |
6 | 835 | 7'65 | 8.60 | 7.55 | 8.82 | 7.53 |
7 | 8.65 | 8.05 | 9.04 | 8.60 | 10.00 | 8.72 |
8 | 10.60 | 10.00 | 9.40 | 10.00 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
9 | - | 11.20 | 10.50 | 12.60 | 10.00 | 931 |
The ordinary Welsbach incandescent burners are of three types. First,the " C "burner, consuming about 31 cub. ft. of gas per hoar, and giving a sixty candle-power light; second, the " S," consuming 2k cub. ft. of gas, and giving a light of thirty-five candles; and third, the "Gem burner, consuming 1 3/4 cub. ft. of gas, and yielding a light of thirty-five candle-power. The " New" Welsbach burner is made in the following sizes: -
No. of Burner. | Gas Consumption at 1 in. pressure. Cubic feet. | Candle-power (about) |
0 | 3/4 | 20 |
1 | 1 | 30 |
2 | 22 | 50 |
3 | 3 | 80 |
4 | 3.8 | 105 |
7 | 6.5 | 185 |
 
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