Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 181
the exact pressure required fact that the larger the burner the more economical at the burners. This is the reason for strongly re- commending the use of a governor, as already it is, but there has, of course, to be a limit to the size mentioned, and included in the illustration (Fig. ng). that can… … purpose, for it is not economical to use one large burner in a room that requires two burners (at different points and of suitable smaller size) to distribute the light satisfactorily. There is another reason for keeping the burners of an installation of about the same size, this being that burners…
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