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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GAS=LIGHT: EXHIBITING... 1816
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A PRACTICAL TREATIS ON GAS=LIGHT: "EXHIBITING A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION of the Apparatus and Machinery best calculating 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 Fredrick Accum, operative Chemist, Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, .... with seven colored Plates. 3rd edition. London:... price Twelve Shillings, in Boards. 1816." 194 pp. Some of the plates are foldouts. (see pics)...6 pp. of Works of Art, Published by R. Ackermann. This book is about "an exhibit of a summary view of the new art of procuring light, by means of carburetted hydrogen gas, obtained from pit-coal, and which of late has been employed with unparalleled success, as a substitute for candles and lamps, and is known by the name of Gas-Light." An inscription in ink (see pic) dated Dec. 25, 1841. Marbalized cover with gilt lettering on the spine. Some of the contents are: Theory of the combustion of Coal, in Elucidation of the Nature and Production of Gaslight, Directions to Workmen attending the Gas-Light Apparatus; and description of the various kinds of gas pipes employed as Mains for conveying gas, and methods of connecting them. This is a historical, rare, valuable book. Please see our other listings for more historical items. We guarantee all our items to be original and authentic.
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