Project Gutenberg 2014-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 333 Accum, Friedrich Christian 1769 1838 Accum, Fredrick Accum, Frederick 42028538 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. Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Practical Treatise on Gas-light" by Friedrich Christian Accum is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work explores the innovative practice of using coal gas as an alternative to traditional lighting methods such as candles and lamps. Accum elaborates on the chemical processes involved in producing gas light, emphasizing its practicality, economic advantages, and implications for domestic and industrial usage. At the start of the treatise, the author presents an overview of the significance of artificial light in human civilization and outlines the purpose of the work, which is to provide a comprehensive examination of lighting with coal gas. He discusses the properties of various combustible materials like tallow and oil, setting the stage for introducing the advantages of gas light. Accum then elaborates on the chemical nature, production methods, and practical applications of gas light, signaling a new era in illumination technology that is to be explored throughout the publication. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44567/44567-h/images/cover.jpg en Candles Gas-lighting TH Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 373956 373984 2024-09-18T15:51:48.648335 2023-09-19T11:23:44.932218 text/html text/html 374241 2014-01-02T12:22:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3017962 2014-01-02T12:22:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3226780 2024-09-18T15:51:58.330414 application/epub+zip 3226907 2024-09-18T15:51:50.933297 application/epub+zip 256516 2024-09-18T15:51:49.548292 application/epub+zip 3392483 2024-09-18T15:52:03.354230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3262869 2024-09-18T15:51:56.755279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265013 2022-09-20T10:26:49.317278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276462 2024-09-18T15:51:47.246311 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 276764 2014-01-02T12:22:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 96583 2014-01-02T12:22:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 276562 2014-01-02T12:22:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 96450 2014-01-02T12:22:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 276613 2014-01-02T12:22:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96405 2014-01-02T12:22:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22339 2024-09-18T15:52:03.533231 application/rdf+xml 11604 2024-09-18T15:51:49.682307 image/jpeg 2474 2024-09-18T15:51:49.616295 image/jpeg 3035608 2024-09-18T15:51:48.734308 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia