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Friedrich Christian Accum
A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy.

A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy.

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A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy.

by Friedrich Christian Accum

EN·~3 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

1

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GAS-LIGHT; EXHIBITING A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE APPARATUS AND MACHINERY BEST CALCULATED FOR ILLUMINATING STREETS, HOUSES, AND MANUFACTORIES, WITH CARBURETTED HYDROGEN, OR COAL-GAS, WITH REMARKS ON THE UTILITY, SAFETY, AND GENERAL NATURE OF THIS NEW BRANCH OF CIVIL ECONOMY.

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PREFACE.

4:08

3

ERRATA.

0:22

4

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER:

0:15

5

INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATION.

7:13

6

PART I.

41:05

7

PART II.

3:00:13

8

Transcriber’s notes

2:13

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Full title

A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy. Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy.

Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (227K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2014-01-02

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44567

Subjects

Candles Gas-lighting TH

About the author

Friedrich Christian Accum

1769–1838

Known for turning chemistry into practical knowledge, this German-born chemist became one of the early voices warning the public about dangerous food adulteration in Britain. His work also helped explain the science of gas lighting at a moment when cities were rapidly changing.

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