A Practical Treatise on Gas-light

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.

11, Compton Street Soho. The following pages are intended to exhibit 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 unparalelled success, as a substitute for candles and lamps, and is known by the name of Gas-Light. To accomplish this object, I have given, in the first part of this Essay, a concise and popular view of the chemical theory and production of artificial lightI have explained the action of candles and lampsI have shown the methods of measuring the comparative illuminating power of artificial light of different kinds, so as to appreciate their economical valueI have stated the proportions of combustible materials requisite for producing a light of a certain strength; with such other preliminary facts and observations as were deemed necessary to enable the reader to understand fully the nature of the new art of illumination, which it is the object of this Essay to describe. These positions are followed by a chemical view of the general nature and composition of coalthe chemical changes which this substance suffers, when employed in the production of gas-lightthe different[ii] products it furnishesthe modes of obtaining themtheir properties and applications in the various arts of life. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44567
Author: Accum, Friedrich Christian
Release Date: Jan 2, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English