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Pl. II.
Accums’, Description of Gas Works.
to Face Title.
Mulholland Delt.W. Read, Sculpt. Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.
Gas Light Apparatus,
Erected by Order of Government at THE ROYAL MINT, by Fredck. Accum.
DESCRIPTION
OF
THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING
COAL GAS,
FOR THE LIGHTING OF STREETS HOUSES, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS,
WITH
ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS, AND PLANS
OF THE MOST IMPROVED SORTS OF APPARATUS
NOW EMPLOYED AT THE
Gas Works in London,
AND THE PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL TOWNS OF GREAT BRITAIN;
Accompanied with comparative Estimates, exhibiting the most Economical
Mode of procuring this species of Light.
WITH SEVEN PLATES.
By FREDRICK ACCUM,
OPERATIVE CHEMIST,
Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, on Mineralogy, and on Chemistry applied tothe Arts and Manufactures; Member o£ the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of theLimnæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.
London.
PRINTED FOR THOMAS BOYS. No. 7. LUDGATE-HILL. (FROM No. 3, PATERNOSTER ROW)
MDCCCXIX.
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PREFACE.
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