. Hardware merchandising January-June 1898 . eyKeays, a house on the corner of Isabellaand Wilson street; Stephen Bennett, twobrick houses in the east ward, one on Drum-mond street, and one on Brock street, inthe block recently purchased by him ; andJames Noonan, a house for himself in thewest ward, on Wilson street ; he has pur-purchased a lot from Peter Stewart, nearGreenleys corner.—Perth Expositor. THE ACTION OF ACETYLENEON RUBBER. A question having been asked as to thesuitability of ordinary gas-bags for holdingsupplies of acetylene gas, my readers maybe interested (possibly disappointed)
. Hardware merchandising January-June 1898 . eyKeays, a house on the corner of Isabellaand Wilson street; Stephen Bennett, twobrick houses in the east ward, one on Drum-mond street, and one on Brock street, inthe block recently purchased by him ; andJames Noonan, a house for himself in thewest ward, on Wilson street ; he has pur-purchased a lot from Peter Stewart, nearGreenleys corner.—Perth Expositor. THE ACTION OF ACETYLENEON RUBBER. A question having been asked as to thesuitability of ordinary gas-bags for holdingsupplies of acetylene gas, my readers maybe interested (possibly disappointed) to hearthat the new illuminant has an awkwardknack of finding its way through the textureof such receptacles. A gentleman who hasbeen investigating the matter found, afterfilling a new and air-tight bag with acetyleneand applying pressure-boards to it, that thegas began to penetrate the rubber in lessthan half an hour, and in three days thewhole had escaped. Similarly, india rubbertoy-ballons distended with acetylene gradu-ally VanTnyl & Fairbank Petrolia, Ont. Headquarters for . Oil and Artesian WellPumps. Casing, TubingFittings, DrillingTool?. Cables, etc.
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