{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-321","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 321","heading":"Standard of illuminating power","body":"§ 321. Standard of illuminating power. The maximum illuminating power\nrequired and minimum illuminating power permitted of gas so furnished or\nsupplied in any such city shall be as follows: If a coal gas, sixteen\ncandles; if a mixed coal and water gas, eighteen candles; and if a\ncarburetted water gas, twenty candles. A candle shall mean a sperm\ncandle, six to a pound, burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty\ngrains of spermaceti per hour. The test for illuminating power shall be\nmade with gas obtained from a service pipe or main located at a distance\nof not less than one mile nor more than one and one-half miles from any\ndistributing holder, using, for coal gas and mixed coal and water gas\ncontaining more than fifty per centum of coal gas an F Argand burner,\nand for mixed coal and water gas containing fifty per centum and less of\ncoal gas and for carburetted water gas a number seven slit union Bray\nburner, on a basis of consumption of five cubic feet of gas per hour.","path":["General Business Law","Article 20. Gas"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/321","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"bf67ec686afda9a90d56210798faf76cf7dfae731e1551ca813aeebd72cbddaa","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-320","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}