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that the meter stands at 55800 cubic feet. The last time 

 the meter was read, as the dotted position of the hands shows, 

 it stood at 54200. Another kind of meter is so arranged 

 that a certain amount of gas is given out after placing a 

 coin in a slot in the meter. When this gas is exhausted, 

 the meter automatically cuts off the supply until another 

 coin is dropped in. One may easily check up the amount 

 of gas which can be used before the supply is cut off by 

 reading the special index controlled by the coins inserted. 



Other fuels used in the home. Many people who do 

 not live where gas is piped into the house, use the blue 

 flame kerosene or gasoline stoves. In these stoves the 

 fuel flows from a reservoir down to a wick in the burner, 

 where, as the metal becomes heated, the fuel evaporates, 

 mixes with air and burns in the same manner as does the 

 gas in the gas stove. In practically all stoves using kero- 

 sene or gasoline the blue flame is produced in this way. 

 Alcohol is sometimes used as a fuel where a hot flame is 

 needed for a short time, as with the chafing dish, and 

 most of us have used " solidified alcohol " which now 

 comes in convenient tins for use at any time. In this form 

 of fuel the alcohol is absorbed in a soft wax or paraffin. 

 It must be kept from the air, however, or it will lose the 

 burning properties quickly through evaporation. 



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