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 Frederick 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.
Published / Created:
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, 1815.
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsTH7910 .A23 1815Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The adoption of gas lighting in London was largely due to this book. The famous publisher, Mr. R. Ackermann, was one of the earliest to adopt gas lighting; in a letter printed on pages 71-2 he gives an account of his cost inproducting gas for the whole of his establishment and private house, that had been in use since 1811. Cf. Abbey."Price-Twelve shillings in board."--Foot of t.p.British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 22Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 436BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in original brown paper covered boards. Publisher's advertisements, 4 p. tipped in at end, not included in pagination.
Subject Terms:
Gas-lighting -- Great Britain. | Gas manufacture and works. | Candles. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Hayden, G. -- Printer.