WELSBACH MANTLE

or Welsbach burner [for the Austrian chemist C. A. von Welsbach], cylindrical framework of gauze impregnated with oxides of thorium and cerium. When heated in a gas flame, it produces a very bright light because of the incandescence of the oxides. It is now used in outdoor and camp lamps.

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books on: Welsbach Mantle  - 39 results

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High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado
Book by Lee Scamehorn; University Press of Colorado, 2002
Subjects: Fossil Fuels--Colorado--History--19th Century, Fossil Fuels--Colorado--History--20th Century
...extraordinary efficiency of the Welsbach mantle. The invention of an Austrian chemist, Carl Auger, Baron of Welsbach, the mantle was made of gauze...to about twenty candlepower. Welsbach established a factory in London...
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Photography by Infrared: Its Principles and Applications
Book by Walter Clark; John Wiley & Sons, 1946
Subjects: Infrared Photography
...effect to the band at 15,000-20,000 A. THIE WELSBACH MANTLE The Welsbach mantle, or Auer burner, is well known for its...possible to modify the radiating characteristics of the Welsbach mantle so as to increase its emissivity in the near...
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One Man's Meat
Book by E. B. White; Harper & Brothers, 1944
Subjects: Fiction
...and installation of a Welsbach mantle. In so doing...The carrying home of the Welsbach mantle and from what kind...c The putting of the mantle in place of the old one...afternoon thinking of Welsbach mantles."
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Dictionary of Energy
Book by Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher Morris; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects: Power Resources--Dictionaries
...and on fuel use in vehicles. Welsbach, Carl von 1858-1929, Austrian...invented the incan- descent gas mantle (WELSBACH MANTLE). He also developed a...ing carbon filament designs. Welsbach mantle or burner Lighting. a man...
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The American Petroleum Industry: The Age of Illumination, 1859-1899
Book by Harold F. Williamson, Arnold R. Daum; Northwestern University Press, 1959
Subjects: Petroleum Industry And Trade--United States
...illumination when Carl Auer von Welsbach, working in the R. W. Bunsen...developed a practical gas mantle, which was patented in 1885...impregnated with rare earths, the mantle when placed near a gas flame...the American rights to the Welsbach mantle were purchased by the...
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journal articles on: Welsbach Mantle  - 1 result

 
 
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When Innovations Meet Institutions: Edison and the Design of the Electric Light
Journal article by Andrew B. Hargadon, Yellowlees Douglas; Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 46, 2001
Subjects: Business--Innovations, Edison, Thomas Alva--Planning, Electric lighting--Design and construction, Inventions--Management, Inventors--Planning
...rather, by initially cloaking it in the mantle of these established institutions. Further...the gas industry introduced the Welsbach mantle, an asbestos bag that fit over existing...lighting industry introduces the Welsbach mantle, increasing both the candlepower and...


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encyclopedia articles on: Welsbach Mantle  - 5 results

 
 
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Welsbach Mantle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WELSBACH MANTLE or Welsbach burner for C. A. von Welsbach , cylindrical framework of gauze impregnated with oxides of thorium and cerium. When heated in a gas flame, it produces a very bright light because of the incandescence of the oxides...
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Welsbach, Carl Auer, Baron Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WELSBACH, CARL AUER, BARON VON karl ou r baron f n vels bakh, 1858 1929, Austrian...chemist Georges Urbain). He is known also for the invention of the Welsbach mantle . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Thorium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which is the major incandescent component of the Welsbach mantle ; it is also used in crucibles, in special highly...Berzelius but had few uses until the invention of the Welsbach mantle in 1885...
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Lighting
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Wilhelm Bunsen and the invention of the Welsbach mantle , a device developed by the Austrian scientist Carl von Welsbach that gives off bright light when placed...many specialty applications under the mantle of solid-state lighting. Functional...
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Cerium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with a brilliant flame to form the oxide (ceria) that exhibits incandescence and is used in making lamp mantles (see Welsbach mantle ). The metal is used as a core for the carbon electrodes of arc lamps. The element forms alloys with other...


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