Please see the [Transcriber’s Notes] at the end of this text.

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 FREDRICK 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.

WITH SEVEN COLOURED PLATES.

APRACTICAL TREATISEONGAS-LIGHT;EXHIBITINGA SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONOF THEAPPARATUS AND MACHINERYBEST CALCULATED FORILLUMINATINGSTREETS, HOUSES, AND MANUFACTORIES,WITHCARBURETTED HYDROGEN, OR COAL-GAS,WITH REMARKSON THEUTILITY, SAFETY, AND GENERAL NATURE OF THIS NEW BRANCHOF CIVIL ECONOMY.