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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 FREDRICK ACCUM, OPERATIVE CHEMIST, LECTURER ON PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY, ON MINERALOGY, AND ON CHEMISTRY APPLIED TO THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, FELLOW OF THE LINNÆN SOCIETY, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BERLIN, &c. &c.
WITH SEVEN COLOURED PLATES.
London: PRINTED BY G. HAYDEN, BRYDGES-STREET, COVENT GARDEN; FOR R. ACKERMANN, 101, STRAND; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; AND SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND J. HATCHARD, PICCADILLY.
Price—Twelve Shillings in Boards.
1815.
EX FUMO DARE LUCEM.
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