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OWING to the very high temperature of ignition of gas, the only way in which it can be successfully used with the greatest economy is by the application of the light and its intensity were in vain dwelt upon: the British public were not inclined to entertain the new lamps, and a comparatively small business was done in them. Besides this, it was discovered by degrees that when impure gas was employed the gas passages became blocked with a sulphurous deposit, so that, in order to maintain their high efficiency when in constant use, these passages had from time to time to be cleared. Mr. Siemens set to work to overcome both these defects, and the lamps he has now produced lend themselves to artistic ornamentation, and have no passages to offer obstructions to gas of ordinary quality.
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Siemens's Gas-Burners . Nature 37, 136–137 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037136a0
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