Chapter II: Part IX: Gas Holder 164

GAS HOLDER AS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED 165

GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR, OR REGULATING GUAGE, LATELY BROUGHT
INTO USE 169

GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE AT THE CHESTER GAS
WORKS 175

GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE AT THE BIRMINGHAM
GAS WORKS 177

REVOLVING GAS HOLDER AT THE WESTMINSTER GAS WORKS 181

RULE FOR FINDING THE CAPACITY OF A REVOLVING GAS HOLDER OF GIVEN
DIMENSIONS 185

COLLAPSING GAS HOLDER 185

RULE FOR FINDING THE CAPACITY OF A COLLAPSING GAS HOLDER OF GIVEN
DIMENSIONS 195

RECIPROCATING SAFETY VALVE 196

PART X.

GAS METRE, OR SELF-ACTING GUAGE, WHICH MEASURES AND REGISTERS, IN
THE ABSENCE OF THE OBSERVER, THE QUANTITY OF GAS PRODUCED IN A
GIVEN TIME, FROM ANY GIVEN QUANTITY OF COAL, OR CONSUMED DURING A
GIVEN PERIOD, BY ANY NUMBER OF BURNERS OR LAMPS 200

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAS METRE AT THE ROYAL MINT GAS WORKS 214

RULE FOR CALCULATING THE WEIGHT, WHICH A GAS METRE OF GIVEN
DIMENSIONS, WILL RAISE, TO A GIVEN HEIGHT, IN A GIVEN TIME 220

GAS HOLDER VALVE 221

SIPHON, OR WATER RESERVOIR 221

PART XI.

GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE 225

DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN FOR FIXING THE GOVERNOR AND GAS METRE 229

PART XII.

GAS MAINS AND BRANCH PIPES 239

WEIGHT OF CAST IRON GAS MAINS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND BORES 251

PART XIII.

GAS LAMPS AND BURNERS 253

DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN, FOR ADAPTING GAS PIPES TO THE INTERIOR OF
HOUSES 258

PART XIV.

ILLUMINATING POWER OF COAL GAS, AND QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED IN A
GIVEN TIME, BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BURNERS, AND GAS LAMPS 269

PART XV.

GAS FROM COAL TAR 282

GAS FROM OIL 289