Electric Gas Lighting: How to Install Electric Gas Ignition Apparatus

ELECTRIC GAS LIGHTING H. S. NORRIE
HOW TO INSTALL ELECTRIC GAS IGNITING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE JUMP SPARK AND MULTIPLE SYSTEMS FOR USE IN Houses, Churches, Theatres, Halls, Schools, Stores or any Large Buildings
Also the Care and Selection of Suitable Batteries. Wiring and Repairs
By H. S. NORRIE (NORMAN H. SCHNEIDER) ( Author of “Induction Coils and Coil Making” )
FIRST EDITION
NEW YORK SPON & CHAMBERLAIN 12 Cortlandt Street LONDON E. & F. N. SPON, Limited, 125 Strand 1901
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1901 By Spon & Chamberlain in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
THE BURR PRINTING HOUSE, FRANKFORT AND JACOB STS., N.Y.
The Electric Light possesses the great advantage over gas, in that it can be turned on or lighted from a distance. The customary means of igniting gas with a match or taper is both dangerous and often inconvenient. The inventive genius of modern times has evolved a means of lighting gas by electricity which is both reliable and easy of application. It requires no very complicated devices, nor does it necessitate a deep knowledge of electrical matters for its installation. The object of the following pages is to enable any one possessing ordinary mechanical ability to construct much of the apparatus used, or at least to successfully erect it and keep it in operation.
We beg to thank the following firms for the use of illustrations: Edwards & Co., Mott Haven, New York; A. L. Bogart, New York; Wm. Roche, New York; The Electric Gas-Lighting Co., Boston, Mass., and The Manhattan Electrical Supply Co., New York.

The enormous number of fires arising from the use of matches, and the great convenience and freedom from danger of the electric method of gas lighting, are alone sufficient reasons for the issue of these pages.