SOMZEE'S NEW GAS-BURNERS.


With the object of effecting a very intimate mixture of gas and air,
and of causing this mixture to reach the point of ignition at as high
a temperature as possible, M. Leon Somzee, of Brussels, has designed
several new forms of gas burner, which we now proceed to describe and
illustrate, from particulars and by drawings kindly supplied by an
esteemed Brussels correspondent.

The high-power burner shown in Fig. 1 effects perfect combustion of
the heated mixture of air and gas, which is introduced by the draught
determined by the arrangement. What chiefly distinguishes this burner
from others of its class is the fact that it is perfectly suited to
domestic lighting--that is to say, it may be arranged for a
comparatively small consumption of gas, while giving an increase of
250 per cent. of light.

[Illustration: FIG. 1. and FIG. 2. INCANDESCENT AND HIGH-POWER
BURNERS.]

The burner proper is a cage or basket of specially prepared magnesia,
which yields a warmer tone of light than any obtained hitherto, while
not requiring so high a temperature before combustion. The cap, made
of a fire-resisting substance, fits on to a tubular arrangement, R,
fixed in the upper portion of the body of the burner. The latter is
supplied by air entering at the cone, O, which terminates the inner