Excerpt from Petrol Air-Gas a Practical Handbook: On the Installation and Working of Air-Gas Lighting Systems for Country Houses

The danger of fire where paraffin lamps are used has long been recognised, hence the numerous plants which have been invented to obviate their use.

The latest process is the Petrol Air-Gas System, and the following pages have been written to help those who are proposing the installation of such a plant, in the choosing and working of same.

As this book is intended for the lay reader, as little reference as possible has been made to technical matters.

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