LIGHT FOR PENCARROW
• SWEDISH INVENTION. NOBEL PRIZE DEVICE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 26. On exhibition in Shed No. 29, Pipltea Wharf, is a wonderful light, which is destined to replace the itencarrow light, not on the Jii 11 site, but down on a low level, where another small light is at. present shown. It is called the Dalem-Aga Light. It is the invention of a Swedish scientist and won for' Sweden a coveted Nobel prize. The light for Wellington is one of the very few of this wonderful invention so far released outside Sweden. Members of the Wellington Harbour Board officially inspected the light during the week, when the technical details were explained by officials and the burner was set going. The light is of an intermittent type, fuelled by acetylene gas and capable of carrying on for three months without attention. The gas is supplied from cylinders and is dissolved in acetone, which has the useful property of being able to absorb 24 times its own volume of acetylene.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 27 August 1930, Page 5
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171LIGHT FOR PENCARROW Hawera Star, Volume L, 27 August 1930, Page 5
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