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Chapter XIX.--HEATING AND LIGHTING. The hot-water supply--The tank system--The cylinder system--How a lamp works--Gas and gasworks--Automatic stoking--A gas governor--The gas meter--Incandescent gas lighting 386 Chapter XX.--VARIOUS MECHANISMS. CLOCKS AND WATCHES. A SHORT HISTORY OF TIMEPIECES. A clock or watch contains three main parts--the _sheave_, or circular valve, working up and down the only substantial dispute. The fugitive-slave clause of the painter.

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