Project Gutenberg 2011-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 195 Merriman, Owen Gas Burners Old and New A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustion Introduction -- The first gas-burner -- The batswing burner -- The union-jet or fishtail burner -- How light is produced from coal gas -- Improvements in flat-flame burners -- Brönner's burners -- The hollow-top burner -- Bray's burners -- Argand burners -- Sugg's Argands -- The Douglass burner -- Governor burners -- Regenerative burners -- Incandescent burners -- Conclusion. Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Gas Burners Old and New" by Owen Merriman is a historical and descriptive treatise written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the development and improvements of gas lighting and burners, addressing both the consumer's and producer's perspective on gas usage. Merriman aims to increase public understanding of this technology while presenting an engaging account of the advances in gas burner designs over time. The beginning of the treatise introduces the critical relationship between gas manufacturers and consumers, outlining how efficient gas burners can dramatically affect lighting quality and gas consumption costs. Merriman expresses a desire to explain the principles of gas combustion and highlight the evolution of various burners, starting with simple designs like the early gas burner examples. He also notes the historical skepticism surrounding gas lighting and acknowledges the significant progress made in enhancing the efficiency of gas burners compared to their predecessors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Gas-burners TH Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry Category: Engineering & Technology 236688 2025-10-15T11:00:17.062383 text/html 232502 2011-11-05T16:09:28 text/html 874220 2025-10-15T11:00:24.914294 application/epub+zip 876028 2025-10-15T11:00:20.543413 application/epub+zip 138532 2025-10-15T11:00:19.154330 application/epub+zip 1022224 2025-10-15T11:00:27.767278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1008629 2025-10-15T11:00:23.932468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179749 2022-09-17T10:44:42.297052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192298 2025-10-15T11:00:16.099373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192099 2011-11-05T16:09:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192161 2011-11-05T16:09:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20248 2025-10-15T11:00:27.904276 application/rdf+xml 14679 2025-10-15T11:00:19.663370 image/jpeg 4033 2025-10-15T11:00:19.409323 image/jpeg 63555 2011-11-05T16:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 809783 2011-11-05T16:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 63506 2011-11-05T16:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 869956 2025-10-15T11:00:17.160333 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog