USES OF GAS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1924, Page 3

USES OF GAS.

TliE INCANDESCENT BURNER. A certain well -known advertisement for a brand of pens says. “I hey tome as a b ion and a blessing to men. and the same applies to the lueaudesecht Rurner. A burner of Ibis type, either upright or inverted with the correct mixture of air and gas, gives a suit brilliant light, which is soothing to the eve and does not show that “blind spot which is the fault of the glaring, irritating electric light. A properlv regulated burner loi oidinarv household use gives a lighl of from '.->!) to 80 candle power, and compares favorably both as regards cost and maintenance, with any other huincr on the market. Many ..I the Gas Company’s customers still use the old Hot llame burner, anil at the end "I the (.nailer complain of their bills f‘>r |j ,]|j Have an incandescent burner fixed' in T.b.ee of tl.es,> (preferably an inverted one. which gives a sliatlewless 1 it'llt. and the mantle being hxod on a clav base is naturally stronger), and voiir bill dec!eases by more than half and vein obtain a much more powerful In-lit. The burners should be regulated according to pressure. and when von report a bad light the litter will lie oulv too anxious to instruct von Sometimes the trouble is caused bv an imperfectly fitting mantle rod, which is not perpendicular, or is loose i„ the burner: this onuses the man.le to lean over, and it acts like a bloup.’pe. fusing the chimney winch topples over and bang goes the mantle. Then to what artistic uses the inverted incandescent burner can lie put. AA'ith an ordinary pair of round po.s"d pliers and a coil of small gauge stiff steel wire, frames can easily be made of any shape, which the lath of the house can cover with silk oi decorate with heads of any hue to suit the colour scheme of the room. he ~vo (, ue now is indirect lighting. 1L himner being placed in an inverted bas-iu-shaped glolH>. suspended from chains, the fitting being bidden from view the result being a soft effulgence which illuminates the whole room.