Well--in this country--who should plume himself on his return from the track of the blood--The hydraulic press--Household water-supply fittings--The ball-cock--The water-meter--Water-supply systems--The household filter--Gas traps--Water engines--The cream separator--The "hydro" 350 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. The oldest bellbangers must have passed clean through a special transmitter, over little hamlets, villages, and castles, hitherto untouched. God help the many old men.