A NEW LIGHT.
THE WELSBACH KEROSENE LAMP. In another oolumn appears an advertisement o£ the Welabaoh Incandescent Lamp, "Twencent," a new artiole tbat bids fair to revolutionise artifloial lighting methods. It far surpasses in brilliance the light from an ordinary lamp, and it is claimed that it is far tnore economical. The special feature of the lamp is tbat all the oil is used in omitting both light and heat, and a simple contrivance, known technically as a spreader, preventing the waste of carbon unavoidable with other lamps. The consumption of oil is half a pint in 3% hours, a sixtycandle power light obtained at a cost of under a farthing per hour. The principle of the lamp is slightly different from the ordinary type. The old silber burner is used, on the top of which is the spreader, and the simple turning of a eorew moves the spreader up and down, and regulates the light as required. Suspended over the burner is a mantle, and the heat impinging upon the mantle causes it to become incandescent. The Welsbach Company has been working suucessfully with gas lighting fjr ten years, and has applied the mantle used in connection with this illuminant to kerosene.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8104, 26 March 1906, Page 6
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203A NEW LIGHT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8104, 26 March 1906, Page 6
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