Excerpt from Science-Gossip, Vol. 5: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Nature, Country-Lore and Applied Science; July, 1898It is perhaps somewhat providential that some obstruction has happened to prevent the enormous loss of gas that would have occurred if the tube had been left entirely Open during a period of now. Nearly two years. The Railway Company have screwed a cap on to the end of the tube with a small half-inch outlet from which the gas has been allowed to flow continuously.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.