An Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress, & Present State of Gas-lightingRowland Hunter, 1827 - 434 pages Development of gas lighting, comparison of street lighting with gas with lighting in the past, use of a glass photometer, etc. |
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... flame as burning " very bright and vigorous ; " and he says , that " it * Dr. Priestley relates as the circumstance which first led him to attend to the subject of air , was his living in a house adjoining a public brewery at Leeds , in ...
... flame as burning " very bright and vigorous ; " and he says , that " it * Dr. Priestley relates as the circumstance which first led him to attend to the subject of air , was his living in a house adjoining a public brewery at Leeds , in ...
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... flame produced , which burnt vigorously ; at the sight of which they began to laugh at me for denying what they had positively asserted . But I , who did not think myself confuted by laughter grounded upon inad- vertancy , began to ...
... flame produced , which burnt vigorously ; at the sight of which they began to laugh at me for denying what they had positively asserted . But I , who did not think myself confuted by laughter grounded upon inad- vertancy , began to ...
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... flame was extinct . * " Again having taken up a dish - full of water at the flaming place , and held the lighted candle to it , it went out . Yet I observed that the water at -the burning place did boyle , and heave like water in a pot ...
... flame was extinct . * " Again having taken up a dish - full of water at the flaming place , and held the lighted candle to it , it went out . Yet I observed that the water at -the burning place did boyle , and heave like water in a pot ...
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... flame ascended a foot and a half from the superfices of the earth . The basis of it was of the compass of a man's hat about the brims . I then caused a bucket - full of water to be poured on the fire , by which it was presently quenched ...
... flame ascended a foot and a half from the superfices of the earth . The basis of it was of the compass of a man's hat about the brims . I then caused a bucket - full of water to be poured on the fire , by which it was presently quenched ...
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William Matthews. There can be little doubt but that the " bright and vigorous flame " which the writer describes , proceeded from what we now call carburetted hydrogen gas . Dr. Priestley states , that " Mr. Boyle was the first who ...
William Matthews. There can be little doubt but that the " bright and vigorous flame " which the writer describes , proceeded from what we now call carburetted hydrogen gas . Dr. Priestley states , that " Mr. Boyle was the first who ...
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A Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Gas ... William Matthews No preview available - 2008 |
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