
4 0 c m
31cm
actual image size: 23cm x 32cm
Description
Sectioned. Made by Mesrs Brown Brothers Ltd of London, this generator could keep a single 20-litre burner supplied for four hours. It is a 'diving-bell' type of automatic generator in which the calcium carbide is carried in a central chamber that dips into the outer chamber containing water. The acetylene gas produced was burned to provide the illumination in a car's headlamps.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10306426
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