Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances . ame conditions will have nodeleterious effe(^t. Types of Acetylene Generators.—There are two generalmethods of generating acetylene for domestic illuminating and 298 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD heating purposes: that of adding carbide to water, and that inwhich the water is mixed with carbide. The two types areillustrated in the diagrams shown in Figs. 209 and 210. Thefirst method, that in which the carbide is dropped into water, isshown in Fig. 209. The tank A is the generator and
Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances . ame conditions will have nodeleterious effe(^t. Types of Acetylene Generators.—There are two generalmethods of generating acetylene for domestic illuminating and 298 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD heating purposes: that of adding carbide to water, and that inwhich the water is mixed with carbide. The two types areillustrated in the diagrams shown in Figs. 209 and 210. Thefirst method, that in which the carbide is dropped into water, isshown in Fig. 209. The tank A is the generator and B is thereceiver or gas-holder. The tank A holds a considerable quantityof water and is provided with a container C for holding the supplyof carbide. The tank A is connected with the gas-holders by apipe which extends above the water line in the tank Bj wherethe gas is allowed to collect in the gas-holder G, A charge ofcarbide, sufficient to fill the holder with gas, is pushed into thetank A by raising the lever H, Immediately the water beginsto combine with the carbide and the bubbles of gas pass up .iT^n. A B Fig. 209.—Diagram of a carbide-to-water acetylene-gas generator.
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