Note 19 — Chapter I · MY BOYHOOD, AND ENTRANCE INTO THE NAVY.

A paper on the “Utility and Advantages of Gas-lights,” written by Mr. Murdoch, and transmitted by him to Sir Joseph Banks, was read before the Royal Society on the 25th of February 1808, detailing the lighting of Messrs. Phillips and Lee’s manufactory at Manchester, and describing the process of gas-manufacture. In this paper Mr. Murdoch alludes to a memorial presented by Mr. Winsor to George III., pointing out the utility of gas for lighting the public streets, &c.