HOW TO BURN KEROSINE.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1781, 5 November 1879, Page 3

HOW TO BURN KEROSINE.

The following instructions, published by an American firm, how to burn kerosioe oil to obtain the best results and avoid accidents, will be of interest to the general public i —l. Keep tne lamp clean; that ia, occasionally wash it out' with warm soap suds, being careful to dry thoroughly before refilling, 2. Change the wick as often aa once in two weeks, and see that ifc always moves easily in the tube even if it becomes necessary to draw out a few atran-irs of the wick. When a wick ia too tight, the flow of oil iB obstructed, and the " lamp smokes," or the wick becomes encrusted. 3. Night lamps—The practice of turning down the wick, as is done by many who wish to keep a light at night, should be avoided. Lamps are constructed upon a principle which aims to produce the greatest quantity of light—not the least. When the wiok is turned too high, the supply of air (furnished by means of the perforations at the base of the burner) is not sufficient to produce perfect combustion ; hence the " lamp smokes." When, on the contrary, the wick is turned down for a small flame, the supply of air becomes too great, and instead of being consumed, as it should be, it becomes oharged, as it were, with the vapour from the fUme, causing the emission of an unpleasant odor, arising entirely from imperfect combustion. To obviate this in the matter of night lampa, only such should be used as will not give too much light when burning with a full flame. Small lampa adapted for thia purpose can be obtained from any dealer, and are by ua recommended. Note—A lamp will burn better when nearly full, from the fact that the flame haa a shorter distance to draw the oil.