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Surveyor's Annual Report. 89
The pressure on gas is at all times unequal and uncertain, but as
burners get older, and dust or carbon gets into the slit of the
they consume considerably less than 5 feet, even with it full
???essure on the mains, and after midnight, when the pressure is
???duced to a minimum by the Gas Company, the burner will frequently
???nsume 25 to 30 per cent. less than the proper quantity.
The burners to lamps throughout the Parish should be replaced
???th new burners, and the lanterns, which are in many cases in a
???ry dilapidated condition, should be replaced with new lauterns.
I would recommend the adoption of Messrs. Stott and Co's. gas
???vernors, to ensure complete combustion at the burners, thus
???taining an improved light and preventing the waste that occurs,
???th in ordinary street and meter lamps in the Parish.
The following tests, made with a Thorpe pressing guage, show
|???tat only in two instances was the full quantity of gas comsumed:.
SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY.
Date.
Situation.
Lamp.
Time.
Consumption.
???th April, 1893
Borough Road.
No. 544
7.0 p.m.
4.25 c. ft.
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8.0 „
4.25 „
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10.0 „
4.25 „
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11.0 „
4.25 „
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12.30 a.m.
4.50 „
???th April, 1893
Townsend Street
No. 17
7.30 p.m.
4.75 „
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9.0 „
5.0 „
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11.0 „
6.0 „
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12.0 mid.
4.75 „
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1.0 a.m.
4.75 „
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