Note 1 — THE Curiosities of Dudley AND THE Black Country. (continued 2)

The Lecturer cannot sufficiently express the delight he experienced, when, at the termination of the lecture, he was informed, that the gentleman who first applied the principle here noticed to practical purposes was at that time in the lecture room. Under the management of our able and ingenious townsman, Mr. Richardson, “the Dudley Gas Works” consume in the furnaces this singular species of fuel; gas tar being used with the water to effect its decomposition; after three years’ experience Mr. Richardson bears testimony to the importance of the discovery.