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used a supplementary meter a is attached, supplied through 

 one of larger size which registers the entire amount and is 

 placed immediately within the boundary of the premises. The 

 pipes are carried from the principal main, diminishing in 

 diameter as they approach the several burners most remote 

 from their supply. All the burners in this case are f inch in 

 diameter, the gas engine of 3 J horse-power being equal to 

 about 25. 

 Oil lamps. Where the gas works are too far removed from the site of the 



stabling to be available, oil lamps, as shown on Plate 31, Fig. 5, 

 can be made to shift from stall to stall as the groom proceeds 

 with his work, or can be moved by the aid of runners along 

 the whole length of a stable. The safety lamp, Fig. 3, on the 

 same plate, made for burning candles, can be treated in this 

 way if its use is preferred to oil. 



