NEW LIGHT
FOR PENCARROW HEAD
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
WELLINGTON, August 26
On exhibition in Shed No. 29, Pipitea Wharf, is a wonderful light which is destined to replace the Pencarrow light, not on the hill .site, but down on a low level, where another small light is at present shown. It is called the Dalem aga light. It is the invention of a Swedish scientist, and won for a Sweden national the coveted Nobel prize. The one for Wellington is one of the very few of this wonderful invention so far released outside Swed-
Tlie members of the Harbour Board officially inspected the light during tlie week, when the technical details were explained by the officials, and the burner was set going. It is of inter, mittent type, fuelled by acetylene gas, and carrying on for three months witri out attention. The gas is supplied from cylinders, and is dissolved in acetone, which has the useful property of being able to absorb 24 times its own volume of acetylene. r „, L
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 3
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