没有水的乙炔气体产生。
据说，乙炔气体现在可以在不使用水的情况下生产。当与碳化钙混合并摇动在一起时，苏打晶体或其他含有氧气和氢的干燥物质似乎会导致乙炔的解放质量，据称，乙炔具有所有优点，并且没有一些优点水生气体的更令人反感的特征。It is said that, in the case of a countryhouse installation, the necessary shaking up of the mixed ingredients can be done by a man revolving a suitable drum-shaped vessel by means of a cranked handle, and that twenty minutes’ exercise ot this nature will generate about 250 cubic feet of acetylene, or enough for 120 burners for one evening. Army signalmen are now being supplied with portable generators, which require only a few seconds’ shaking to produce gas enough for an hour’s continuous use.
霍克和梯子公司的威廉·D·莫顿（William D.
