Gas Lighting by David Gledhill
Gas lighting played a part in the improvement in living standards when it was introduced over 200 years ago. Although it was expensive in the beginning, it soon became the popular form of domestic lighting.'
Gas Lighting
Gas Lighting
Summary
History of gas lighting and its fittings and shades.
Gas Lighting Summary
About David Gledhill
David Gledhill trained as a mechanical engineer and joined the gas industry in 1950. Initially he was concerned with gas manufacture, but soon with the use of gas by industry and commerce. While studying the history of gas, he became interested in gas lighting and has built up a collecting of gas lights, many of which are shown in this book.
Table of Contents
Early experiments; The pioneers of gas lighting; The cost of gas in the nineteenth century; Early gas light burners; Gas for public illuminations; The Argand burner; The incandescent mantle; The development of the incandescent gas burner; Switching and ignition devices; Further reading; Places to visit
Additional information
GOR002599547
9780747803942
0747803943
Gas Lighting by David Gledhill
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19990101
32
N/A
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