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 v
... improvements , as well as the attempts at improvement , which have been made in the processes , apparatus , and machinery , through the whole course of Gas - lighting besides , it was intended to illustrate the detail by appropriate ...
... improvements , as well as the attempts at improvement , which have been made in the processes , apparatus , and machinery , through the whole course of Gas - lighting besides , it was intended to illustrate the detail by appropriate ...
Page viii
... improvement in Mr. Clegg's Gas - meter . the most diligent and , as he trusts , impartial inquiry into all the circumstances , the writer was constrained to entertain such doubts as induced him to omit the relation of it . From the ...
... improvement in Mr. Clegg's Gas - meter . the most diligent and , as he trusts , impartial inquiry into all the circumstances , the writer was constrained to entertain such doubts as induced him to omit the relation of it . From the ...
Page xi
... improved , in the vicinity of Birmingham ; * but the endeavours to diffuse a considerable portion of mental and moral light over that remarkable and populous district , were more early , and cer- * It is a remarkable circumstance , that ...
... improved , in the vicinity of Birmingham ; * but the endeavours to diffuse a considerable portion of mental and moral light over that remarkable and populous district , were more early , and cer- * It is a remarkable circumstance , that ...
Page xiii
... improvement , and contributed to spread its cheering influence , at Birmingham ; and a few rays of light will perhaps be thrown upon this interesting topic by the following relation of facts , which evince how successful and long ...
... improvement , and contributed to spread its cheering influence , at Birmingham ; and a few rays of light will perhaps be thrown upon this interesting topic by the following relation of facts , which evince how successful and long ...
Page xv
... improvement of others was disinte- rested , conceived the idea of extending the plan of Mr. Raikes by taking under their care the youths when they were dismissed from the Sun- day - schools ; and this enlargement of the scheme has been ...
... improvement of others was disinte- rested , conceived the idea of extending the plan of Mr. Raikes by taking under their care the youths when they were dismissed from the Sun- day - schools ; and this enlargement of the scheme has been ...
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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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