ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WELSBACH BURNER
Named after Carl Auer, Baron von Welsbach (1858–1929), Austrian chemist, who invented it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELSBACH BURNER»
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The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
The Welsbach burner for improving the quality of gaslight, and economizing its
consumption, is also well and favorably known. It utilizes the Bunsen burner
principle to make a very perfect combustion of the gas, with the greatest possible
heat ...
Another important point is that while these figures represent the best practical
illumination obtained from acetylene by the burners hitherto in use, the standard
flat- flame burner does not give the best gaslight; with a good Welsbach burner a
...
3
Experiments In Physical Optics
If a non-lighted Welsbach burner is illuminated with an arc, a brilliant image
excited by the blue and violet radiations from the arc, is observed on the screen.
This image is greatly reduced when the burner is lighted, because it absorbs the
blue ...
M. Francon, N. Krauzman, J.P. Mathieu, 1970
... 76; use for enrichment of coal-gas, 9 Welsbach burner, 93; adjustment of, 94;
comparison with fishtail, 96 Welsbach flame, sterilizing effect of, 103 Welsbach
mantle, 84, 92 ; method of making, 93 Wheat starch, microscopic appearance of,
...
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The Mental Traits of Sex: An Experimental Investigation of ...
The source of light was a Welsbach burner. One of the great difficulties in making
experiments on the threshold of vision has been to find some way of reducing the
light by measurable amounts. In this case no attempt was made to reduce the ...
The invention of the Welsbach burner has practically revolutionized gas lighting,
and the layman, in considering this subject, should completely erase from his
mind his former impressions and conception of gas lighting by means of the old ...
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Lee de Forest: King of Radio, Television, and Film
... the spark's acoustic effect that was causing the response: “On the evening of
September 19, 1900 experiments were made to determine the manner in which
the operation of the induction coil affects the light given off from a Welsbach
burner, ...
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Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the ...
The Encyclopedia Britannica is convenient for reference on the variousmetals
mentioned;seethe article on "Lighting" for the Welsbach burner. Theannual "
Mineral Resources of the United States, PartI," contains articleson the newer
metals ...
Describe the structure of an ordinary kerosene lamp-burner, an argand burner, a
Welsbach burner. For what are aniline, paraffine, naphtha, and carbolic acid
used? FOR STUDY AND REFERENCE Obtain specimens of anthracite,
bituminous, ...
1 a Welsbach burner A trademark used for a lamp consisting of a gas burner and
a gauze mantle impregnated with cerium and thorium compounds that becomes
incandescent when heated by the burner. 180.16 a certain one somewhere ...
Theodore Dreiser, Renate von Bardeleben, 2004