Section 2. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105. Verification of test apparatus. Continuance of 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105. Commencement of Act. Repeal of part of 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105. c. 105. Every reference in the Petroleum Act, 1871, to Schedule One to that Act shall be construed to refer to Schedule One to this Act. 3. A model of the apparatus for testing petroleum, as described in Schedule One to this Act, shall be deposited with the board of trade and the board of trade shall, on payment of such fee, not exceeding five shillings, as they from time to time prescribe, cause to be compared with such model and verified every apparatus constructed in accordance with Schedule One to this Act which is submitted to them for the purpose, and if the same is found correct shall stamp the same with a mark approved of by the board and notified in the London Gazette. An apparatus for testing petroleum purporting to be stamped with the said mark shall until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been verified by the board of trade. All fees under this section shall be paid into the exchequer. 4. The Petroleum Act, 1871, shall continue in force until otherwise directed by parliament. 5. This Act shall come into operation on the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, which day is in this Act referred to as the commencement of this Act. 6. The Petroleum Act, 1871, shall be repealed after the commencement of this Act to the extent in the third column of the second schedule to this Act mentioned. Provided that any sample of petroleum taken before the commencement of this Act shall be tested in manner set forth in Schedule 34 & 35 Vict. One to the Petroleum Act, 1871, and any offence committed before the commencement of this Act shall be prosecuted, and any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in relation to such offence, or to any act done before the commencement of this Act, shall be insti34 & 35 Vict. tuted, carried on, and have effect as if the provisions of this Act, other than those continuing the Petroleum Act, 1871, had not been passed c. 105. FIRST SCHEDULE. MODE OF TESTING PETROLEUM SO AS TO ASCERTAIN THE TEM- Specification of the Test Apparatus. The following is a description of the details of the apparatus :The oil cup consists of a cylindrical vessel 2" diameter, 22" height (internal), with outward projecting rim" wide, from the top, and 13" from the bottom of the cup. It is made of gun metal or brass (17 B. W. G.) tinned inside. A bracket, consisting of a short stout piece of wire bent upwards and terminating in a point, is fixed to the inside of the cup to serve as a gauge. The distance of the point from the bottom of the cup is 14". The cup is provided with a close-fitting overlapping cover made of brass (22 B.W.G.), Schedule 1. which carries the thermometer and test-lamp. The latter is suspended from two supports from the side by means of trunnions upon which it may be made to oscillate, it is provided with a spout, the mouth of which is one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter. The socket which is to hold the thermometer is fixed at such an angle and its length is so adjusted that the bulb of the thermometer wheu inserted to its full depth shall be 14" below the centre of the lid. The cover is provided with three square holes, one in the centre, "by", and two smaller ones," by ", close to the sides and opposite each other. These three holes may be closed and uncovered by means of a slide moving in grooves, and having perforations corresponding to those on the lid. In moving the slide so as to uncover the holes, the oscillating lamp is caught by a pin fixed in the slide, and tilted in such a way as to bring the end of the spout just below the surface of the lid. Upon the slide being pushed back so as to cover the holes, the lamp returns to its original position. Upon the cover, in front of and in line with the mouth of the lamp, is fixed a white bead, the dimensions of which represent the size of the test flame to be used. The bath or heated vessel consists of two flat-bottomed copper cylinders (24 B.W.G.), an inner one of 3" diameter and 24" height, and an outer one of 5" diameter and 53" height; they are soldered to a circular copper plate (20 B. W.G.) perforated in the centre, which forms the top of the bath, in such a manner as to enclose the space between the two cylinders, but leaving access to the inner cylinder. The top of the bath projects both outwards and inwards about "; that is, its diameter is about "greater than that of the body of the bath, while the diameter of the circular opening in the centre is about the same amount less than that of the inner copper cylinder. To the inner projection of the top is fastened, by six small screws, a flat ring of ebonite, the screws being sunk below the surface of the ebonite, to avoid metallic contact between the bath and the oil cup. The exact distance between the sides and bottom of the bath and of the oil lamp is one-half of an inch. A split socket similar to that on the cover of the oil cup, but set at a right angle, allows a thermometer to be inserted into the space between the two cylinders. The bath is further provided with a funnel, an overflow pipe, and two loop handles. The bath rests upon a cast-iron tripod stand, to the ring of which is attached a copper cylinder or jacket (24 B. W.G.) flanged at the top, and of such dimensions that the bath, while firmly resting on the iron ring, just touches with its projecting top the inward-turned flange. The diameter of this outer jacket is 61". One of the three legs of the stand serves as support for the spirit lamp attached to it by means of a small swing bracket. The distance of the wick holder from the bottom of the bath is 1". Two thermometers are provided with the apparatus, the one for ascertaining the temperature of the bath, the other for determining the flashing point. The thermometer for ascertaining the temperature of the water has a long bulb and a space at the top. Its range is from about 90° to 190° Fahrenheit. The scale (in degrees of Fahrenheit) is marked on an ivory back fastened to the tube in the usual way. It is fitted with a metal collar, fitting the socket, and the part of the tube below the scale should have a length of about 34" measured from the lower end of the scale to the end of the bulb. The thermometer for ascertaining the temperature of the oil Schedule 1. is fitted with collar and ivory scale in a similar manner to the one described. It has a round bulb, a space at the top, and ranges from about 55° F. to 150° F.; it measures from end of ivory back to bulb 21". NOTE.-A model apparatus is deposited at the weights and measures department of the board of trade. Directions for applying the Flashing Test. 1. The test apparatus is to be placed for use in a position where it is not exposed to currents of air or draughts. 2. The heating vessel or water bath is filled by pouring water into the funnel until it begins to flow out at the spout of the vessel. The temperature of the water at the commencement of the test is to be 130° Fahrenheit, and this is attained in the first instance either by mixing hot and cold water in the bath, or in a vessel from which the bath is filled, until the thermometer which is provided for testing the temperature of the water gives the proper indication, or by heating the water with the spirit lamp (which is attached to the stand of the apparatus) until the required temperature is indicated. If the water has been heated too highly, it is easily reduced to 130° by pouring in cold water little by little (to replace a portion of the warm water) until the thermometer gives the proper reading. When a test has been completed, this water bath is again raised to 130° by placing the lamp underneath, and the result is readily obtained while the petroleum cup is being emptied, cooled, and refilled with a fresh sample to be tested. The lamp is then turned on its swivel from under the apparatus, and the next test is proceeded with. 3. The test lamp is prepared for use by fitting it with a piece of flat plaited candle wick, and filling it with colza or rape oil up to the lower edge of the opening of the spout or wick tube. lamp is trimmed so that when lighted it gives a flame of about 0·15 of an inch diameter, and this size of flame which is represented by the projecting white bead on the cover of the oil cup is readily maintained by simple manipulation from time to time with a small wire trimmer. The When gas is available it may be conveniently used in place of the little oil lamp, and for this purpose a test-flame arrangement for use with gas may be substituted for the lamp. 4. The bath having been raised to the proper temperature, the oil to be tested is introduced into the petroleum cup, being poured in slowly until the level of the liquid just reaches the point of the gauge which is fixed in the cup. In warm weather the temperature of the room in which the samples to be tested have been kept should be observed in the first instance, and if it exceeds 65° the samples to be tested should be cooled down (to about 60°) by immersing the bottles containing them in cold water, or by any other convenient method. The lid of the cup, with the slide closed, is then put on, and the cup is placed into the bath or heating vessel. The thermometer in the lid of the cup has been adjusted so as to have its bulb just immersed in the liquid, aud its position is not under any circumstances to be altered. When the cup has been placed in the proper position, the scale of the thermometer faces the operator. 5. The test lamp is then placed in a position upon the lid of the cup, the lead line or pendulum, which has been fixed in a convenient position in front of the operator is set in motion, and the rise of the thermometer in the petroleum cup is watched. When the temperature has reached about 669 the operation of testing is to be com menced, the test flame being applied once for every rise of one degree, in the following manner :— The slide is slowly drawn open while the pendulum performs three oscillations, and is closed during the fourth oscillation. NOTE.-If it is desired to employ the test apparatus to determine the flashing points of oil of very low volatility, the mode of proceeding is to be modified as follows: The air-chamber which surrounds the cup is filled with cold water, to a depth of 14 inches, and the heating vessel or water bath is filled as usual, but also with cold water. The lamp is then placed under the apparatus and kept there during the entire operation. If a very heavy oil is being dealt with, the operation may be commenced with water previously heated to 120°, instead of with cold water. Schedule 1. SECOND SCHEDULE. Year and Chapter. ACT REPEALED. Title. Extent of Repeal. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105 The Petroleum Act, Section three, from "and the AN ACT TO EXTEND THE POWERS OF THE ARTIZANS DWELL- 42 & 43 VICT. CAP. 64. 15TH AUGUST, 1879. WHEREAS it is expedient to extend and amend the provisions of the Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in the present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act (1868) Amendment Act, 1879, and shall, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, be construed together with the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1868 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1868"), as one Act. 2. The Act shall apply only to the places named in the first column of table (A.) in the first schedule annexed hereto, and “local authority," "local rate," and "clerk of local authority" shall mean the "bodies of persons," "rate," and "officer" in that table in that behalf mentioned; and the said table, and the explanation annexed thereto, shall be of the same force as if they were enacted in the body of the Act of 1868 and this Act, 3. The term "officer of health" as used in the Act of 1868, shall, as respects any urban sanitary district in England, mean the medical officer of health appointed by the urban sanitary authority of the district under the Public Health Act, 1875, and as respects any urban sanitary district in Ireland shall mean the medical officer of health appointed by the urban sanitary authority of the district under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and shall not include any other officer. 4. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, except the pro |