| 单词 | gas jet |
| 例句 | The sun was not yet past the horizon by the time I took my seat at the Linotype machine, and I worked in the glow of the single gas jet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There were long, dark wooden tables, with gas jets and taps and sinks built in to them, and there were dark wooden shelves upon which were displayed a selection of things in large bottles. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A gas jet embedded in one wall would be controlled from his closet, as would other gas jets installed in apartments throughout the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Someone tore back the bedding, someone else turned up the valve of the gas jet coming out of the wall. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bronze chandeliers’ gas jets produced a softly palpitating glow, casting pools of light across the polished oak floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Tiny gas jets allowed compressed air to squirt out under this base, causing it to rise a fraction of an inch off the surface, so that the machine floated on a cushion of air. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee set the percolator on the gas jet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Turned low, the gas jets offered a subdued glow, their flames contained within unusual white fixtures. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A lamplighter scuttled along the edges of the crowd igniting the gas jets atop cast-iron poles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The light was dim and came from gas jets hidden behind skulls mounted on the walls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Police found a gas jet with no apparent function other than to admit gas into the vault. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As the light began to fade, the architects lit the library’s gas jets, which hissed like mildly perturbed cats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Each store,” Mr. Levinson writes, “had a large red T, lit with gas jets, hanging over the sidewalk.” Books of The Times: ?The Great A&P,? by Marc Levinson, a Retail History - Review 2011-09-06T21:03:24Z We certainly felt the blasts of heat, however, from the gas jets as Don fired flames into the balloon’s interior. Lighter than air in the Shenandoah Valley: Lifting off in a hot-air balloon 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z As Mr. Soderbergh lingers on the antique mechanisms — a long match igniting burnished gas jets, a thermometer climbing perilously upward — the images are gorgeous, hypnotic. ‘Manhattan’ and ‘The Knick’ Return to a Forward-Looking Past 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z One fun fellow on a boat with a gas jet did his best to keep the crowd warm. REVIEW: Great Chicago Fire Festival by Redmoon 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Loosely inspired by traditional Polynesian huts, the home featured a steep roof design, bamboo curtains and a triangle-shaped swimming pool with a gas jet that sent flames shooting into the air. Harry Gesner, California architect in tune with nature, dies at 97 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps a comet's gas jets pushed these asteroids' orbits into the configuration seen today. Astronomers discover a pair of young "twin" asteroids, barely older than the United States 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z He raised the torch to the gas jet attached to the bottom of the arch. Rafer Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist who helped bring the games to L.A., has died 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The most important part of this grill-roasting process is setting up your fire so that the roast is receiving the lovely warmth from the heat source — coals or gas jets — without being directly over them. Keep your kitchen cool by moving your roasts out onto the grill 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z And when oil drips onto the coals or gas jets, it causes a flare-up or creates smoke carrying unhealthy compounds called nitrosamines, which are to be avoided. A dry marinade and two-zone grill are the one-two punch of great grilling 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “If you unscrew the tube and light the gas jet, you get a tall, sooty orange flame,” Mueller says. Can Diesel Finally Come Clean? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In the late 19th century, gas jets and then electric lights were tried as replacements for candles. Christmas trees and their decorations have evolved 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z On August 21st, scientists conducting an overflight of the Lower East Rift Zone discovered gas jets throwing glassy, light-gray lava from within the cone. The Apex and the (Possible) End of Fissure 8 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z It was supposed to read “McClellan, Our Only Hope,” but the gas jets broke and the thing just flickered and died, hopelessly. How to Steal an Election 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z In this stellar nursery, supersonic gas jets shoot from a dense cloud core. Week's Best Space Pictures: A Blood Moon Rises and Stars are Born 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Also, the comet’s gas jets are unlikely to be powerful enough to shift Philae’s position, he says. Five factors that will decide if Philae wakes 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z But while he inflates a spectacular ball flask over a roaring gas jet, Sella explains that the next silicon revolution was based on a very different form of the element. The next silicon revolution? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z An ordinary gas jet destroys as much pure air and oxygen as five men—a good-sized oil lamp equal to three men. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z I have seen a patient who, during an attack of acute mania, had put her hand over a lighted gas jet, holding it there until the tissues were completely charred. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z In this stellar nursery, supersonic gas jets shoot from a dense cloud core. Week's Best Space Pictures: A Blood Moon Rises and Stars are Born 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The man was standing directly beneath the gas jet which Merry had lighted by pressing the electric button. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Gordon ran quickly up the stairs, silently extinguished the flickering gas jet in the hall, and knocked softly on the door. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Fixed to the walls, infrequently, were the wrought-iron brackets of the earlier lanterns, converted, it might be, for the period before the present, into gas jets. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z This passed behind an asbestos screen into a double row of gas jets, where the semi-annealing or hardening process was being accomplished. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z In this stellar nursery, supersonic gas jets shoot from a dense cloud core. Week's Best Space Pictures: A Blood Moon Rises and Stars are Born 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Frank rose and sought the gas jet, which he lighted. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z More than this, Micky noted, in the dim light of other gas jets in the hall outside, that directly under this hole stood a small but substantial table, on exceptionally high legs. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Across the bottom, which should be open, run a row of gas jets protected above by perforated zinc or iron. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z After a while he lighted one gas jet—after an instant’s hesitation another— Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z He tore it open, hurried to a gas jet to read it, and seemed satisfied with its contents. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z “What do you call that place where the notes grow on the gas jets?” The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z In a flash O'Byrn had sprung forward, turning off the single gas jet, flinging the door wide open. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z At the climax, a few feeble flames from gas jets provide all the excitement of a backyard barbecue gone terribly wrong. Dead Poet Brightens Met’s ‘Don Giovanni’: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-10-16T23:24:17Z In each room he lighted every gas jet until the place blazed. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z He emerged into a big room, lighted by several gas jets, and seemingly filled with men in chairs who were lolling about in all sorts of attitudes. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z He looked up at them with a courteous but inquiring glance as he turned up the gas jet and they saw him more clearly. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Every gas jet was shielded by gauze shades. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z The old man disappeared into the darkness, struck a sulphur match, a fact noted by his guest, and with some difficulty lighted a gas jet in a grotesquely proportioned chandelier. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "Test tubes," explained Julia, as Brenda asked a question; "and these gas jets that rise from the table are very useful in some of their experiments." Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z The fountain was illuminated with gas jets behind the water. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The long corridor was dimly lighted by a solitary gas jet. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z In this shallow receptacle lay an oval miniature which the man took out and held under the strong light of the gas jet. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Even the scant gas jets seemed to burn with a peculiar dimness in the damp atmosphere. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z In one position the hollow was opened to the atmosphere, and a gas jet issuing within it was lit by an external flame, so that it burned within the hollow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z You could not see the water till you got close up, and at a distance only the rows of gas jets were apparent. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The flare of the gas jet fell on his stern, immobile face, and cast clear-lined shadows that cut his profile sharp as a cameo. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z She walks, with a lazy, flat-footed step, over to the gas jet at the right, and turns up the gas sufficiently for reading. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Chinese lanterns are hung from the trees, and arches spanning the roadway and bearing national designs are all ablaze with ingeniously arranged gas jets. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z In the making of his engine he followed the idea of a steam engine, but used the flame of an ignited gas jet to create a vacuum within the cylinder instead of steam. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Then he heard the low hissing of the gas jets, then heavy breathing, and at last the earth began to turn on its axis again and things resumed their natural relations. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The only light, except the dull gray light of the day, came from a single gas jet flaring over the Judge's head. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z It has become so dark that he is unable to read the title; so he lights the neighboring gas jet. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Then the janitor began lighting gas jets along the wall and finally a lonesome gas jet on the stage faintly illumined the scene of confusion. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Everything seemed the same—even the crack in the tinted plaster to the left of the door, the smell of gas and cooking, the flickering gas jet in the hall. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z It was somewhat dark there, for the gas jet at that point had been turned down and there were no electrics there. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The single gas jet burning at the end of the corridor was so dim and made so flickering a light that it added more to the shadows of the passage than it provided illumination. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z A tarnished imitation brass gas jet is suspended from the right wall, just over the morris chair. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z It is well lighted, being supplied with 130 gas jets, warmed by steam, and well ventilated. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The iron was heated to an uncomfortable degree by gas jets underneath. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z We got out somewhere in far Missouri," said Miss Nielsen, "with the thermometer out of sight and hotels heated with gas jets and red flannel. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z So cold at night has to put chair on bed and sit there to be nearer gas jet. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z This gas jet, which burned all night, was some fifteen feet from the corridor floor, bringing it up to a level with the tier porch. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Thence he is led into a large parlor in the far end of which a gas jet is dimly burning, giving a weird, ghostly appearance to everything. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The gas jet above her heightened the metallic lustre of her abundant hair, and deepened fringy shadows cast by her thick, dusky lashes. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z At that hour my enthusiasm shows only a low blue flame, like a gas jet turned down almost to the point of going out. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z A dim light from one gas jet turned low cast great fantastic shadows on the wall, and a deadly quiet pervaded the old house. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z He found himself in a passageway that was meagerly lighted by a gas jet, and that turned sharply at right angles a few steps ahead. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z "I'm not an invalid, Knowlton," I protested, as he tried to make a slice of toast over a gas jet. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Listlessly raising the sketch sidewise, so that a gas jet on his left shone upon it, he looked at it. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z We were standing confronting each other in the hall beneath a low turned swinging gas jet. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The water was contained in about 2000 bent copper tubes, only 3⁄8 in. in external diameter, heated by over 7000 gas jets arranged in rows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z And then Billy Kane, with a grim smile, reached suddenly up to the gas jet over his head and turned it out. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Another slice of bread was suspended over the gas jet. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Mrs. Wesden went to the door, and looked down the street at the tempter and the tempted—Mattie was under the lamp, and the face was a troubled one, on which the gas jet flickered. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z His dark eyes were wide, shining even through the fitful darkness made by the flickering of the crazily swinging gas jets. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He had also sold Gerald a packet of special printing paper, which could easily be printed on by the light from an ordinary gas jet. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z Since the introduction of gas and electric light, the old-time lamp has ceased to be a necessity, though in many instances it still does service as the receptacle for the gas jet or electric bulb. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z As the gas jet roared, I looked around the cluttered space that was Jim's workshop. The last laboratory 2011-01-05T18:20:48.257Z The gas jet sizzled blatantly across the room, and a tiny blue flame toiled laboriously in a cooking lamp beneath a pot of water. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Her small white hands, with their exquisite nails glistening in the light from the center gas jet, hovered over the crystal, touching it tentatively. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The lackey lit the gas jets of the chandelier, and on leaving the room gave Lilly a glance of wildly eager curiosity, this time without a smile. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The windows of the room had been carefully plugged up and two gas jets were turned full on. The Princess Galva A Romance It was getting dark; that is to say, a few gas jets were kindled in this place, which was never light, by way of compliment to the evening which had set in outside. In Jail with Charles Dickens A single gas jet, suspended from the center of the cracked and smoky ceiling, gave a feeble, flickering light, filling the corners with fluttering shadows. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Someone turned out the sputtering gas jet that had ineffectually illuminated the dress tent. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The two gas jets of the chandelier resembled her cold, clear eyes. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z In his third-floor room was a window and a gas jet. The Tempering At last, and as in a dream, she groped for a match, 154 lighted the gas jet, and began to disrobe. The Moonlit Way He had risen to his feet, and the light of the flickering gas jet played over his evil face. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Liquid air furnishes a beautiful illustration of the fact that a burning gas jet is continually forming water as well as giving out heat and light. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The light of the gas jet over the doorway was full on his face; he was very pale, and drops of perspiration stood on his brow. The Great Miss Driver Before going to the theatre I had left a small flicker from the gas jet in my room and the windows open. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 We threw ourselves bravely into the interminable corridor, a veritable street, or alley at least, paved with red tiles, feebly lighted with gas jets, and full of doublings and twistings. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 I stepped inside, acting upon the impulse of the moment, and striking a wax taper lit one of the gas jets in the heavy, old-fashioned bronze chandelier. The Green God Here he lighted a gas jet, took a decanter from the sideboard, and brought a glass and a bottle of soda from the butler's pantry. Ewing\\'s Lady A little gas jet was burning in the editor's room, at which Sonnenkamp asked permission to light his cigar, offering one at the same time to Crutius, who accepted with thanks. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The ceiling seemed to confine him like a coffin lid, and the flickering gas jet over his bureau burned pale like a burial candle.... Fairfax and His Pride The full light of a half dozen gas jets shone full on his face. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin "It can't be—it isn't large enough for a man!" said Mrs. Martin, who was going toward the gas jet to turn it higher. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds Presumably this temperature is maintained by a small gas jet or other similar source of heat. The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente Go below, and if you find the library empty, as I have no doubt you will, light one gas jet, and see that the door to the conservatory is unlocked. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories That night, under the gas jet and its blue and ghastly light, Fairfax tried to write to his mother, began his letter and left it as he began. Fairfax and His Pride Her identification of that horse was like your identification would be of a man who might come into your house to-night and you might see him under a gas jet. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin By a simple mechanical contrivance, the gas jet was suddenly lowered to the point of extinction, and, after a set period, as suddenly raised again. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The brilliant gas jets and the incandescent lights in the show-windows are turned off in increasing numbers. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day And moving my hand to and fro under the gas jet, I caused to shine in their eyes the single drop of yellow liquid it still held. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories She turned off the flickering gas jet above the marble-topped bureau abruptly, but not before the Judge had caught the gleam of tears in her eyes. The Wishing Moon He found himself in a low-ceilinged, box-like, little room lighted by a flaring gas jet, with two astonished-looking Chinese gazing at him with slant eyes that seemed to be almost popping from their heads. The Mark of the Knife When he had turned off his single gas jet a half hour before, all had been dark outside. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist He lifted the ring toward the insufficient gas jet to make out the initials inside, and copied them down in his note-book. Exit Betty Both gas jets had been put out, and the rich yet homelike room glowed with ruddy hues, interspersed with great shadows. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories See, here is the gas jet, when you want light; and here are matches, Matilda. The House in Town The girl ushered him into a dark parlor, lighted by a single lowered gas jet, and suggestive of the gloom of ages, in its walnut furniture, its dismal pictures and ornaments. The Film of Fear He threw up the windows and hesitated an instant by the gas jet. The Prisoner Celluloid things: brushes and combs handled near the gas jet, where they may burst into flame. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts The lower room, unshuttered, and lit with several flaring gas jets, was filled with a crowd of men drinking and singing songs. The Traitors It is a member of the extensive family of owlet moths, and may be seen fluttering about the lamps and gas jets any summer evening. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Once, she had knocked at his door as he was in the act of boiling eggs over the gas jet. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West The house may be profusely decorated with flowers, and the rooms though daylight reign without, may have been carefully darkened only to be re-illuminated by the softer radiance of waxen candles or shaded gas jets. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The illuminant is most commonly an oil-lamp, or an acetylene gas jet, or a cylinder of lime heated to intense luminosity by an oxy-hydrogen flame. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use At last, with a shudder, he urged his reluctant feet to carry him across the room to the single gas jet. What's-His-Name Fleury and Barker, of London, followed with another English gas machine in 1880, the heat being supplied from gas jets over the roasting cylinder. All About Coffee Do not clean gloves or clothing with gasoline or benzine in a room with a lamp or gas jet lighted. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts A flight of precipitate and rickety stairs led upward into an obscurity rendered deeper by a single gas jet burning low on the landing above. The Gay Rebellion The flickering gas jet shed a pale circle of light around the wretched place. 'Lizbeth of the Dale He found his way to the gas jets and flooded the office with the light from four. The Art of Disappearing Dimly burned a gas jet in the room whose door stood open at the left. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Do not try to dry clothing that has been cleaned with gasoline or benzine near a hot stove or lighted gas jet. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts A fat woman dressed in her best opened the door of her room which was lit by one flaring gas jet. A Royal Prisoner The pale light of a flickering gas jet above her head revealed her face. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Then he flashed up the circle of gas jets, flooding the studio with light. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman But the flare of the gas jet illumined an empty room; there was not a sign of a person anywhere. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Do not go to sleep in a house or room with a gas jet or gas stove turned low. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Ringentaub drew the chairs into the centre of the floor, and placing them beneath the gas jet he stepped backward and tilted his head to one side in silent admiration. Elkan Lubliner, American In a room on this floor, which was brilliantly lighted by four gas jets blazing from the chandelier, nine people were seated. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts With a quick movement, as if dreading the power of prolonged darkness, he struck a match and flashed up the circle of gas jets, flooding the studio with light. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman Indeed, it was a most unlovely place as far as Helen could see by the light of a single flaring gas jet. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City This may be heated, if not too large, with a lamp, though an oil stove or gas jet or heater is better. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. "I say," he went on confidentially, taking the movable gas jet, "do you know anything about the Argentine?" Love at Paddington In a few minutes she had the mixture in her pail, and the pail swinging by a string over the gas jet. A Dixie School Girl The nave is lighted by rows of gas jets along the triforium or gallery, extending over the arches of the nave. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See In the sky a sea of stars and a great full moon; on the land a line of gas jets, and on the dark bay a point here and there of rolling light. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon In one corner stood a table with a gas jet over it. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Just then she touched her nose with a curling iron that she had heated in a gas jet, and screamed and woke Mr. Hayes up, and he wanted to know what was the matter. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Say, Aunt Almira has got so she can kick clear up to the gas jet, and she wants to play Juliet. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 He turned off a gas jet that was burning above the book case. The Goose Man The doctor had entered and lighted a small gas jet, supplied on the Pintsch system from compressed gas stored in one of the chambers. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner His recollections of that time are of a flaring gas jet and the smell of printer's ink. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Here we were, wandering in the streets of Paris; the night was dark and the gas jets, which flickered in the wind, lit the alleys but dimly. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille The turning up or down of every gas jet, the movement of every piece of furniture, the effect of every note of music, has received his most careful thought. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The major made haste to open the one small window before he lit the single gas jet. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights The heat escaped with the steam at a comparatively low temperature, so that I was compelled to boil water over my gas jet for the meat extract, which we drank instead of coffee. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner It was regulated with the same ease and convenience with which we increase or diminish the flames of a gas jet. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch A number of red globes, surrounding as many gas jets, serve to show the entrance, on either side of which are full length paintings of women in short skirts. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. I can see her cooking steak over a gas jet. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The negro stepped with alacrity through the doorway which led to the front office, and applied his half burned match to the gas jet over the doctor's desk. The Lost Despatch The corridors were lighted only by caged gas jets, turned low. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall The maid came and lighted the gas jet in the hall. A Little Girl of Long Ago The head of the press to which the plates are clamped is heated, either by running a jet of live steam through it, or by gas jets. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Gabriel, being very much in love, obeyed with the greatest willingness, and when he sat down under the gas jet would have taken Bell in his arms, but that she evaded his clasp. The Bishop's Secret He was stiff with cold, for the fire had gone out, and the tiny gas jet he had left burning was not sufficient to warm the room. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective A sickly gas jet was burning within the room. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Warm the wire in the drawer in the gas jet and melt the wax.' The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon What does he mean by shutting the door before we're half-way up!' struck a match and lit a gas jet in the room above, which poured a flood of light upon the staircase. The Staircase At The Heart's Delight 1894 The larger gas jet described in connection with the soda-GLASS-BLOWING table must be employed. On Laboratory Arts They lock the door and turn out the little gas jet where smokers light up. Pipefuls Was it a flickering flare of the gas jet, or did the midnight eyes waver the least bit? Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win They came breathless up a flight of stairs into a reeking room lighted by a gas jet. Erik Dorn It would have blown out a gas jet across a good-sized room. We Three But the college diploma has no more power to hold the knowledge you have gained in college than a piece of tissue paper over a gas jet can hold the gas in the pipe. Pushing to the Front Near them burned a gas jet, and beneath the bracket was a large framed photograph of the bridal party at Alicia’s wedding. Clayhanger A single arm gas jet served for illuminating purposes, and in a little alcove stood a table with a small gas stove connected by rubber tubing with a gas fixture. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Motion is then communicated, and the crystal thread is drawn from between the gas jets and wrapped upon the wheel at the rate of about 7,500 feet per minute. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The gas jets grow into suns, blazing since innumerable ages with unendurable light, and binding whole planetary systems into harmony and life. Education and the Higher Life He dropped his hand from the gas jet. The Secret of the Storm Country Cautiously he stepped out into the passage, and went to the foot of the stairs, where a gas jet was burning. Clayhanger The cause of the fire could almost always be traced to a leaky gas jet, for which, of course, the assured was not responsible. White Ashes In fact, a burning gas jet will do almost as much toward fouling the air of a room as a grown man or woman, and should be counted as a person when arranging for ventilation. A Handbook of Health Only a kind of large tent, dimly lighted with gas jets. Education and the Higher Life Fairchild watched him as he boiled the needle over the little gas jet at the head of the cot, then dissolved a white pellet preparatory to sending a resuscitory fluid into Harry's arm. The Cross-Cut Another gas jet showed along the corridor at the head of the stairs. Clayhanger He saw a dim light burning in the front parlor, and in his excited fancy could see the still form of the hated Major reposing in the satin-lined casket beneath the flickering gas jets. The Statesmen Snowbound At night the lakes are lighted by numerous gas jets with powerful reflectors, placed along the shore. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The boy examined the vault carefully by the light of a gas jet. The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes It is lit by gas jets round the capitals of the piers. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See A single gas jet flamed from the ceiling. Clayhanger When he throws his arms back he hits the gas jet. The Patient Observer And His Friends In a certain part of the cellar is located the electrical battery, by means of which the gas jets in the building are lighted. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City But not the less did she wish the Christmas ended, and the moon replaced by gas jets of the smallest size. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The porch was in darkness except the119 broad beam of light from the hall gas jet through the open door. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers The hallway was dimly lighted with one small gas jet over against the discolored wall. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It was early evening, and the gas jets lighted up a characteristic scene. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World They were lighting up in the draper's though outside there was still daylight; the gas jets were considered to make the place look more attractive. The Good Comrade Only a single gas jet flickered overhead, and this cast fantastic shadows which made the little boy think of ghosts and hobgoblins. The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out He saw them carry in the tables, turn out the gas jets one by one, except his and that at the counter. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 But these rare earths do not require any such intense heat as that, for they will glow in an ordinary gas jet. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries These gas jets communicate with a gasometer tilled with hydrogen, the bell of which is so charged as to furnish a jet of sufficient strength. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 The illumination from an ordinary gas jet is stronger than that from an ordinary lamp, and the stronger illumination added to the greater convenience has made gas a very popular source of light. General Science There was a faint light burning at one of the gas jets and this he turned up, and pulled down the shades of the windows. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands He filled the tumbler from the bottle, put them on the table, took cigarettes in a case from his pocket and lighted one at a gas jet behind him. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel There was a bright fire in the grate, a flood of light from the numerous gas jets, and an atmosphere heavy with the seductive, fragrant vapor of Havana. Winter Evening Tales Experience will indicate the best place to give the gas jets, but, in general, it is well to locate them at near the center of the porous vessel when the beam is horizontal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 But, nevertheless, gas is saved, because when the mantle is adjusted to the gas jet, the pressure of the gas is lessened by a mechanical device and hence less gas escapes and burns. General Science In the late dawn of that dark winter day Mr. Clarence came down into the parlor, and found Cora still there, with one gas jet burning low. For Woman's Love The very rich character of the oil gas rendered it unsuitable for consumption at ordinary gas jets, though it burned readily and satisfactorily at small burners not larger than No. 1 jets. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 One of the greatest English clergymen had a gas jet on each side of his bed, so that he might read at nights when he could not sleep. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Always bear in mind when shutting the oven door to do so gently, as if a slam is indulged in all the gas jets will be blown out, and an explosion would probably result. Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing If a cold object is held in the bright flame of an ordinary gas jet, it becomes covered with soot, or particles of unburned carbon. General Science The solitary gas jet still flickered in the room, the moonlight shone without, the silent household slept. The First Soprano Cut a gas jet uglier and then pierce pierce in between the next and negligence. Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms As soon as all the air is completely driven out, clips D and E are closed, and the gas jet is taken away. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise I looked at him: a wizened, four-months-old infant with a huge flat nose, and two dull black eyes fixed upon the gas jet. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls The building is lighted by several thousand gas jets, which are all set aflame simultaneously by electricity. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made The next apartment, probably designed as a living room, was lighted by a single gas jet turned low. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds The barrister held it under a gas jet and examined it closely. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate The hotel grew quiet; a watchman went down the hall turning out each alternate gas jet. Vandover and the Brute The exhausted air surrounded the gas jets in misty circles. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls Mrs Bowldler cast a glance behind her at the gas jet. Hocken and Hunken The gas jet on the landing was still burning, but so low that it made little impression on the waves of deep shadow that lay across the stairs. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories It was a beautiful room, most luxuriously and tastefully fitted up as a lady's boudoir, and was all ablaze with light from a dozen gas jets. Mona Afterward, just for a moment or two, she would linger under the gas jet, her face still smiling, for a last look. His Family These tunnels, in which it was possible for three persons to walk abreast in some parts, were lighted with gas jets placed at intervals. The Portland Peerage Romance Man can cut down a forest and fill in a swamp, but he can not reach up, as to a gas jet, and turn off the sun. The Congo and Coasts of Africa A good deal of their irregular "feeding" consisted of oatmeal, potatoes, and sometimes eggs, all of which they cooked on a strange utensil they had contrived to fix into the gas jet. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Across the window, hung from the gas jet by ribbons, was a huge candy cane. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 07, February 15, 1914 "I heard a long surging thunder, Paolo, and the deep shrill screaming of many gas jets." At a Winter's Fire The light from a gas jet fell full on the captain's face she stopped in surprise. The Downfall She insisted upon conducting us up to the fourth floor herself, running ahead of us and turning up the gas jets in the dark, musty-smelling halls. Youth and the Bright Medusa The kitchen was so small that when she turned they had to stand close to one another to avoid falling back into the sink or burning themselves against the gas jet. The Dark House There might have been gas jets upon every landing—Rose-Marie supposed that there were—but it was mid-afternoon, and they had not yet been lighted. The Island of Faith Dim light from a distant gas jet made a patch of yellow upon one of its panels; the rest was buttressed with shadow. At a Winter's Fire Then an enormous hand and arm entered at the window and turned off the sun which was burning at the end of a gas jet in the room. Out of the Ashes He struck his last match, looked around, and, seeing gas jets among the clustered electric bulbs of the sconces, tried to light one and succeeded. The Tracer of Lost Persons Faces are discovered by the harsh light of the gas jets and its reflection from plate-glass shop windows. Light The dim light of a low gas jet illuminated the upper hall. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant Hold the part of the tube to be bent in the broad side of a gas jet, and in a minute or two the tube will bend with its own weight. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The numerous gas jets, flashing among glittering crystal pendants, made vice more glaring and heartlessness more terribly apparent. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession Its stairs and landings were of stone, uncarpeted, and lighted in the day by a window on each floor and at night by a single gas jet on each landing. The Soul of a Child The light from the parlor chandelier directly in front, aided by six gas jets behind the scenes, made the whole performance and performers as clear as noonday. Round the Block On the extreme left of his range of vision he could see a set of dark portières; directly before him was a foolish little white desk, over which burned a gas jet, turned low. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant Paris with its electric lights is brilliant everywhere, while London, with its meager gas jets here and there struggling with the darkness, is as gloomy and desolate as Dore's pictures of Dante's Inferno. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 The gas jet in my room was situated at a distance, and stronger light was needed to find the keyholes and lock the muff when adjusted. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Vespers were solemn; April dusk fell over a million roofs and spires; twinkling gas jets were lighted in street lamps; city, town, and hamlet drew their curtains and bowed their heads in darkness. Ailsa Paige It was a single bright gas jet, burning very close to a window about six hundred feet distant from him in an air line. Round the Block In the space of his long gasp, her hand touched the gas jet. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant Their host, in the meantime, had picked up their suit cases and led the way down a hall dimly lighted by two flickering gas jets. Ronicky Doone The result of a few moments' observation induced me to order "those gas jets," which I saw peeping out from among the foliage of the electroliers, to be lighted up. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 A light flared from the gas jet, and the professor looked up. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 He was so familiar with every crook and passage, that the small light of a gas jet, inside, was not necessary to show him the way. Round the Block Two mirrors stood at each end of the shelf, and beside them flared two gas jets protected by wire baskets. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 She toasted marshmallows over the gas jet; she spread a shawl on the trunk; or she surprised Freddy by pinning pictures out of the funny page on the wall. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Their footsteps, echoed ominously along the stone floor, their shadows danced fantastically before them and behind them under gas jets that flared through the tunnel. Through the Wall And the two gas jets inside the panes were always turned low, either for economy’s sake or for the sake of the customers. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Second—To devise an electric lamp that would give about the same amount of light as a gas jet, which custom had proven to be a suitable and useful unit. Edison, His Life and Inventions Indeed this awful gas jet resembled nothing so much as a great flaming flower rising out of the black water. Allan Quatermain This he surreptitiously attached to the gas jet, and secretly thereon made coffee and cooked his matutinal hard-boiled egg. Stories from Everybody's Magazine It was getting dark; that is to say, a few gas jets were kindled in this place which was never light, by way of compliment to the evening, which had set in outside. The Pickwick Papers On this delicate impulse Mr Verloc withdrew into the parlour again, where the gas jet purred like a contented cat. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale It is quite obvious that such a system would be commercially impracticable where small units, similar to gas jets, were employed. Edison, His Life and Inventions I knew that if I did we should pass within three or four yards of the gas jet and perish miserably. Allan Quatermain The orchestra plunged into dance music and the laces of the dancer fluttered and flew in the glare of gas jets. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets The two gas jets were turned only half-way up, and the dim light with the faint aromatic smell which filled the air had a vaguely religious suggestion. Round the Red Lamp All you could see were gas jets, but not the iron that supported them. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis The roar increased, the Opera House trembled to it, the gas jets in the lighted chandeliers vibrated to it. The Octopus : A story of California A soft musk sweetened the warm, torpid air: he divined that someone was toasting marshmallows over a gas jet. The Haunted Bookshop A sickly gas jet cast a sad pallor upon the black face of the sentry. The Lost Continent It was very dull in her room; the gas jet shed a hideous glare over the place. Wild Kitty As quietly and composedly as if he were discharging the most ordinary of his daily duties, Pratt unfolded the document, and went close to the solitary gas jet above Eldrick's desk. The Talleyrand Maxim It was small, with white-washed walls, and lighted by a gas jet inclosed in a wire shield. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California In an immense mirror the pale cheese-coloured flutter of a gas jet was remotely reflected. The Haunted Bookshop Noticing it the tramp strode on in advance, struck a match and lit a gas jet that stood out from the wall. Five Thousand Dollars Reward Mrs. Baker and I began our married life in one room; cooked over the gas jet, in tin pails. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day It is a thoroughly insulated oven which may be heated either by a kerosene lamp or a gas jet. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife The gas jet flamed in its wire cage, and so silent was the room that a mouse crept out from behind the baseboard, spied about, then made a scurrying dart across the floor. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California He rose moodily, lit a cigar at the gas jet and sat down again before she broke the silence. The Pagans It was dark and deserted at this hour, lit only by a single gas jet on the second floor. L'Assommoir Not only does the gas jet require to be adjusted with great precision, but it also needs more or less adjustment for different qualities of gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Sitting on the bed, hat in hand, and with eyes fastened on the gas jet over in the wall, I gave myself up to thinking over the minutes of my first interview with the police. Hunger Standing under the single gas jet that was all Fong's thrifty spirit would permit, she opened it. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California The flames of the gas jets were dimmed, and Helen struck a few soft chords. The Pagans Two gas jets lighted up the choir, illuminating and distorting the marble figures on the altar. Married To cause this to fall again, and to produce a solid flame, it is necessary to take out the gas jet, and tap the end with a hammer until, on trial, it is found correct. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Just as the separate gas jets from a multitude of minute apertures coalesce into a continuous ring of light, so deeds become habits, and get dominion over us. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms The single gas jet emitted a torn yellow flame that issued from the burner with a stuttering, ripping sound. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Once their came a magnificent gentleman—that is, he looked magnificent in the distance away from the gas jet. Fortitude Jack Ranger saw him, the light from a gas jet in the lower corridor shining full on the man's face. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range We can heat it over the gas jet. Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore The boxes, tier over tier, blazed with the light of candelabra which added their sparkle to that of the gas jets. Indian Summer The brightest gas jet was lighted, so that I could see to every portion of the small room. Men, Women, and Ghosts If the hand be thoroughly wet in water it may be safely thrust for a fraction of a second into a flaming gas jet. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record Except for that flickering gas jet there was no sign of life anywhere; all the windows were shuttered or else in complete darkness. A Rogue by Compulsion It will take hours to make it boil over that gas jet. Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore The gas jet, shaded by a powerful reflector, threw a disk of light on the round table beneath it, but the corners of the room were in shadow. Burnham Breaker In the middle of the table was a small, appealing tulip plant, looking as anything would look whose sun was a gas jet. Miss Lulu Bett In reality the candles were gas jets, made to look like wax tapers, and Joe lighted them from an electric current produced by a dry battery he carried on his person. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record The stairs were a bit of a job too, but they managed to get me up somehow or other, and I found myself in a large sparsely furnished hall lit by one ill-burning gas jet. A Rogue by Compulsion A blowsy maid strained herself immediately across the strewn table and cloying lamb platter, and turned off two of the three gas jets. Gaslight Sonatas In the centre of these grounds there is a circle of pillars, on the top of each of which is a pot of flowers, with gas jets, and between them an arch of gas jets. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 This gas jet was high above the table and flared, with a sound. Miss Lulu Bett There was a gas jet turned down low in the room, and by its light she could see that unpleasant red-faced girl sitting up in bed. The Children's Pilgrimage The front door was open, after the usual casual fashion that prevails in Chelsea, and I walked into the square stone hall, which was lighted by a flickering gas jet. A Rogue by Compulsion Not even in the homes of the rich were there cook stoves or furnaces or open grates for burning anthracite coal, or a bath room, or a gas jet. A Brief History of the United States She unlocked her door and lit the gas jet. Sleeping Fires: a Novel A single gas jet burned in the large square hall outside. The Doctor's Daughter The light was dim, except for a great flaring gas jet arranged right under my eyes on the reading desk, and I did not see a creature whom I knew. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Then, coal oil was in the far-off future, and there was not a gas jet in Canada, if indeed in America. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian He tossed off his coat and sat for ten minutes looking blankly at the sputtering gas jet. The Moccasin Maker But he was still tangled in the string, and every time he swung, like the pendulum of the clock, he came close to the burning gas jet. The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier They saw a long, low room, brilliantly lighted by flaring gas jets. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Strangely, as she fled through the narrow corridor, the low, flaring gas jets were extinguished one by one. The Perils of Pauline An unseen hand touches an electric battery, and in a moment hundreds of gas jets are aflame, and the place is filled with a blaze of light. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian He read the innocent-looking scrawl a last time, and then burned it at a fluttering gas jet. The Midnight Passenger : a novel The toys were very much excited when they saw the Calico Clown beginning to burn, because he had swung too near the gas jet. The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier The tailor had lighted a single flickering gas jet beside the basement window. Little Miss By-The-Day They climbed three flights of dingy, narrow stairs, lighted with flaring gas jets. The Perils of Pauline The staircase was lighted by one sickly gas jet and the street outside was dark and dirty. Kent Knowles: Quahaug I haven't forgotten the night I came home to find Mrs. Jane out calling, and Mr. Frank rampaging around the house with every gas jet at full blast. Oh, Money! Money! He had not said a word since the Clown had climbed the string and had swung too near the blazing gas jet. The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier A gas jet above the wretched little washstand lighted the room but poorly. Her Weight in Gold But suddenly with hardly a sound, two sliding doors opened to the Gypsy's signal and a faint light from a gas jet on the wall gleamed on an inner passage. The Perils of Pauline This is much higher than when I climbed the string in the toy store and caught fire at the gas jet. The Story of Calico Clown As she finished speaking she stepped to the low-burning gas jet and turned it carefully to give a little more light down the narrow hallway. Oh, Money! Money! "Do you mean the one hanging near the gas jet?" asked the Box Jack. The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier She lit the gas jet in her chamber, and, without a trace of compunction, held the letter in the flame until it was thoroughly consumed. Helping Himself And then he struggled toward the gas jet, but before he could light it Tom had slipped out of the apartment, closing the door behind him. The Rover Boys at School Often, at night, too, lifting his tired eyes from the pages flaring beneath the bright gas jet, he could see the blueness deepen rich with its ancient clouds of starry dust. AE in the Irish Theosophist The gas jets in the wine shops in the neighbouring streets went out one by one, like stars extinguished by the brightness. The Fat and the Thin Receiving no answer, he cautiously opened the door and disclosed a small, square room, having a low ceiling, and lighted by a single low- burning gas jet. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery Kelly's nightstick got his pneumonia gas jet, or whatever you call it. The Voice on the Wire And who will open the gas jet for you if you want to poison yourself? The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein In the window of the apothecary a great purple jar, with a spray of gas jets behind it, was flaring on the darkness like a Bengal light. The Stillwater Tragedy Five huge stone slabs stretched out in the direction of the Rue Rambuteau under the yellow light of the gas jets. The Fat and the Thin His answer surprised her, for, rising abruptly, he struck a match, and, lighting the gas jet, pushed aside the curtains. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery A small gas jet furnished sufficient light for so rueful a corner. Sister Carrie Julia pouted, raising her face so that the dim light of the gas jet that burned year in and year out, in the blistered red-glass shade, fell upon the soft curves of her face. The Story of Julia Page Covering his forehead, shielding his eyes from the glare of the overhead gas jet, is a half-moon of green leather held in place by strings tied behind his ears. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women In the pent-up air down below, in the dim light of the occasional gas jets, he once more found the refreshing coolness diffused by pure cold water. The Fat and the Thin Martie lighted two of the four gas jets, and settled down to solitaire. Martie, the Unconquered All one wall opposite the door was taken up by a great blackboard covered with chalked figures in columns, and illuminated by a row of overhead gas jets burning under a tin reflector. The Pit A second later the stifling odour of block matches drifted through the room, and Emeline lighted a gas jet. The Story of Julia Page Sitting in the light of a solitary gas jet, whose faint glimmering just served to make visible the glancing satin and stainless marble of the gorgeous apartment, I beheld Eleanore Leavenworth. The Leavenworth Case The gas jets burned low, like blinking, bloodshot eyes. The Fat and the Thin There were two gas jets, also on hinged arms, beside the white marble fireplace, and one of these Sally lighted, taking her father's comfortable chair. Martie, the Unconquered We proceeded down the dark entry till we came to a slovenly, ill-kept glass box lit by a small gas jet, whence emerged a slovenly, ill-kept man. Simon the Jester Each girl had a bureau of her own, hopelessly cluttered and crowded, and over each bureau an unshielded gas jet flared. The Story of Julia Page A single flaring gas jet dimly lights the scene, which is one Rembrandt or Moreland and Keisel would have loved to paint. Rolling Stones The line stretched through deserted vaults, here and there illumined by a glimmer of light filtering through iron gratings, while in certain dark corners gas jets were burning. The Fat and the Thin Hanging conspicuously to the gas jet by a string was a folded paper. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million I remember a long, boarded-in and floored cellar, smelling very damp and lighted by flaring gas jets. Tish As I stepped from behind the shrubbery the moonlight suddenly went out, as if it had been turned off like a gas jet. The Rise of Roscoe Paine If she is not, I will get things at a delicatessen store below, and cook something for you in a pan over the gas jet. Rolling Stones He stood by the gas jet, in a fine new suit of clothes, reading a paper, while a boy was blacking one of his boots. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet. The Four Million No gust of the east wind, making the young leaves curl and shiver, the gas jets flare and die down in their lamps, could so have nipped the flower of amity. Fraternity A lamp-lighter, with ladder and torch, was setting a double line of gas jets to flaring along the lofty parapets of the bridge. Greyfriars Bobby He opened his door, lit the solitary gas jet that only half illuminated the long room, and, it being already past midnight, began to undress himself. Under the Redwoods It was very dim, but one gas jet burning. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller Ida had demurely entered by one of the open windows and was apparently reading a novel under one of the gas jets not far away. A Face Illumined He stood in the passage while she felt for a box of matches and lit the gas jet. Havoc Suddenly he closed the door, hurried to the extreme rear of the room and lighted a dim gas jet. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Into a practically unfurnished room, lighted by one gas jet, I walked. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper He fastened the tubes to two of the gas jets, put the burners under the tub, turned the gas on full, and lighted it. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American The streets had been illuminated for victory, and the gas jets were still blazing, while a young moon, climbing the sky, was dimming their murky yellow with its cold pure light. The Path of the King On a table, in the centre, under a heavy and hideous chandelier with bronze gas jets, was a green velvet cushion. Vera, the Medium She knew old Luertz's reputation far too well for that; the man would never go out and leave a gas jet burning—which he would have to pay for! The White Moll They had stopped under the vacillating light of a gas jet and appeared to be both bending over a paper held by Mademoiselle Stangerson, reading something which deeply interested them. Mystery of the Yellow Room On dark days he works by a gas jet—and then Rembrandt would enjoy painting him. Derrick Vaughan, Novelist In vain I turned every gas jet blazing high. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed He got up then, and carried the tiny photograph over close to the gas jet. The Amazing Interlude Pinkie Bonn had stepped silently across the room to the gas jet near the door. The White Moll At that end was a little gas jet kept burning as a convenience to smokers. The Golf Course Mystery Hopkins bit off the roots of his purchase, and lighted up at the swinging gas jet. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million The bare, unfriendly boarding-house parlor was unoccupied, and one dim gas jet did duty as illumination. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed He emptied the milk into his shaving mug, and used the tin to boil water in, holding it over the gas jet. Where the Blue Begins When he entered the hall, brilliantly lighted with chandeliers and gas jets, the noise was still going on. Anna Karenina The adapter and the stage manager—a Frenchman whom I found it good policy to mistake for a born Englishman—sat deep in confabulation at a small table underneath a temporary gas jet. Paul Kelver, a Novel He stared blankly at the humming blue gas jets amidst the incandescent asbestos for a space. Soul of a Bishop "Bring in the set pieces," muttered Blackie, as he turned two more gas jets flaring high. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed The gas jet seemed to blink again in a sort of confidential approval, as though the secret lay inviolate between itself and Jimmie Dale. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The gas jet threw its full light on the bloodless, sunken face under the black hat and on the white cravat, brilliant against the beaver of the coat. Anna Karenina His own house lay before him, dark save for the gas jet in the hallway and the single lamp in the library. The Riverman They had extinguished the line of gas jets on the facade of the theater, and it was dark and very cool on the balcony, which seemed to them unoccupied. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola On the pavement outside, the row of gas jets flaring on the cornice of the theater cast a patch of brilliant light. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola It was a squalid place, a miserable hole, in which a single flickering, yellow gas jet gave light. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale A gas jet was flaring in the cupboard, within which it was possible to descry a tin-covered table and some shelves garnished with half-emptied bottles. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola The gas jets on either side of the mirror flooded her with warm, crude light. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Prulliere had drawn near the hearth opposite the console table, where a coke fire was blazing and two more gas jets were flaring brightly. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola The rain had ceased, and there was now a deep silence in the room, which the fierce heat of the coke fire and the flare of the gas jets rendered still more oppressive. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola In front of the theater a single gas jet in a ground-glass globe lit up the doorway. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola A perfect stream of brilliancy emanated from white globes, red lanterns, blue transparencies, lines of gas jets, gigantic watches and fans, outlined in flame and burning in the open. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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