 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 sivua
...weighs 6010 gr. or 13 and l-10th oz. avoirdupois, and lasts in a bright argand lamp, 11 hours 44 min. The weight of oil it consumes per hour, is equal to four times the weight of tallow in candles, 8 to the pound, and 3 l-7th times the weight of tallow in candles, 6 to the pound. But its light, being... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 sivua
...oil, weighs 6010 gr. or 13 and l-10th oz. avordupois, and lasts in a bright Argand lamp 1 1 hours 1 1 minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour is...equal to four times the weight of tallow in candles 8 to the pound, and :'>'. times the weight of tallow in candles 6 to the pound. Hut its light being... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 338 sivua
...6,010 gr., or 13 one-tenth oz. avoirdupoise, and lasts in a bright Argand lamp eleven hours forty-four minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour, is...weight of tallow in candles eight to the pound, and three and a quarter times the weight of tallow in candles six to the pound. But its light being equal... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1844 - 756 sivua
...of good seal oil, weighs 6010 gr., or 13,L oz., avoirdupois, and lasts in a bright Argand lamp 1 1 hours 44 minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour is equal to 4 times the weight of tallow in candles 8 to the pound, and ' the weight of tallow in candles 6 to... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1845 - 598 sivua
...oil, weighs 6010 grs., or l:i ,'„ oz. advoirdupois, and lasts in a bright Argand's lamp 11 hours and 44 minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour...equal to four times the weight of tallow in candles, 8 to the pound, and 3J times the weight of tallow in candles, 6 to the pound. But its light being equal... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - 1852 - 728 sivua
...experiments that one-eighth of a gallon of good oil, weighidg 6,nlO grains, or 13 and l-luth ounces avoirdupois, lasts in a bright argand lamp 11 hours...latter candles, it appears from the above table, that two Ibs. weight of oil, value one shilling (sterling), in an argand lamp, are equivalent in illuminating... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 sivua
...and l-10th ounces avoirdupois, lasts in a bright urgaud lamp 11 hours 44 minutes. The weight of ou it consumes per hour is equal to four times the weight...the pound ; but, its light being equal to that of flvo of the latter candles, it appear» from the above table, that two Ibs. weight of oil, value one... | |
 | Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes - 1852 - 1298 sivua
...oil, weighs 6010 grs., or 1 .'!,',, oz. avoirdupois, and lasts in a bright Argand's lamp 11 hours and 44 minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour...equal to four times the weight of tallow in candles, 8 to the pound, and 3} times the weight of tallow in candles, 6 to the pound. But its light being equal... | |
 | Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes - 1855 - 1244 sivua
...oil, weighs 6010 grs., or 13 J5 oz. advoirdupois, and lasts in a bright Argand's lamp 11 hours and 44 minutes. The weight of oil it consumes per hour is equal to foui times the weight of tallow in candles, 8 to the pound, and 3} times the weight of tallow in candles,... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1860 - 972 sivua
...Scotch nmtchkin, or Jth of a gallon, of good seal oil, weighs 6010 gr., or 13,'j or.. avoirdupois, and lasts in a bright Argand lamp 11 hours 44 minutes....The weight of oil it consumes per hour is equal to 4 times the weight of tallow in candles 8 to the pound, and ,jth the weight of tallow in candles 6... | |
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... the weight of tallow in candles 6 to the pound. But its light being equal to that of 5 of the latter candles, it appears from the above table that 2... 
