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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Page xvii
... attention , they not only increased the spirit of liberal inquiry in the town , but also produced an ardent desire of information in many of those who attended them . Indeed , from the ability , zeal , PREFACE . xvii.
... attention , they not only increased the spirit of liberal inquiry in the town , but also produced an ardent desire of information in many of those who attended them . Indeed , from the ability , zeal , PREFACE . xvii.
Page xix
... produced by the riots had for a time a most unfavourable effect upon friendly in- tercourse in the town , and for several months the exertions of the Sunday Society were suspended , from the great and unmerited obloquy which , in common ...
... produced by the riots had for a time a most unfavourable effect upon friendly in- tercourse in the town , and for several months the exertions of the Sunday Society were suspended , from the great and unmerited obloquy which , in common ...
Page xxix
... produced effects , and given rise to establishments , whose advantages will be more duly appreciated by posterity . Fu- ture ages will revert to , and ruminate upon , his pre - eminent services to his country with grateful admiration ...
... produced effects , and given rise to establishments , whose advantages will be more duly appreciated by posterity . Fu- ture ages will revert to , and ruminate upon , his pre - eminent services to his country with grateful admiration ...
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... gases were known rather by the direful effects which they so often produced , than for useful qualities . Two of them , which form constituent parts of coal , - the choke damp and the fire damp , - had been known to miners long before ...
... gases were known rather by the direful effects which they so often produced , than for useful qualities . Two of them , which form constituent parts of coal , - the choke damp and the fire damp , - had been known to miners long before ...
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... produced out of the cliffs of the stone ; for which end a small hollow was left behind the framing , in order to collect all the damp air on one side of the pit , where a tube of about two inches square was closely fixed , one end of it ...
... produced out of the cliffs of the stone ; for which end a small hollow was left behind the framing , in order to collect all the damp air on one side of the pit , where a tube of about two inches square was closely fixed , one end of it ...
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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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