CONTENTS.
| PART I. | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| GENERAL NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF THE ART OF PROCURING LIGHT, BY MEANS OF CARBURETTED HYDROGEN, OR COAL GAS | [1] |
| PART II. | |
| OUTLINE OF THE NEW ART OF PROCURING LIGHT BY MEANS OF COAL GAS, AND THEORY OF THE PRODUCTION OF GAS LIGHTS | [33] |
| PART III. | |
| CLASSIFICATION OF PIT COAL, AND MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF GAS, OBTAINABLE FROM DIFFERENT KINDS OF COAL | [41] |
| PART IV. | |
| FORM AND DIMENSIONS OF THE RETORTS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED FOR MANUFACTURING COAL GAS | [51] |
| APPLICATION OF HEAT—FLUE PLAN ORIGINALLY ADOPTED | [59] |
| REPORT ON A COURSE OF OPERATIONS, MADE WITH SETS OF 66, OF 30, OF 116, AND OF 64 RETORTS, WORKED ONTHE FLUE PLAN | [61] |
| OVEN PLAN LATELY ADOPTED | [67] |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE RETORT OVEN | [69] |
| PART V. | |
| DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF GAS EVOLVED DURING DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE DISTILLATORY PROCESS,AND ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS RESULTING THEREFROM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COAL GAS | [77] |
| EXPERIMENTS WITH 18 CYLINDRICAL RETORTS, CONTAINING ONE CHALDRON OF COAL | [80] |
| EXPERIMENT WITH THIRTY-SIX PARALLELOPIPEDAL RETORTS, EACH CONTAINING TWO BUSHELS OF COAL | [81] |
| REPORT ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTS MADE TO ASCERTAIN THE COMPARATIVE ECONOMY OF MANUFACTURING EVERYWEEK, 857,667 CUBIC FEET OF GAS, BY MEANS OF CYLINDRICAL RETORTS VARIOUSLY WORKED | [84] |
| PART VI. | |
| TEMPERATURE BEST ADAPTED FOR WORKING CYLINDRICAL RETORTS | [94] |
| ANNUAL CREDITOR AND DEBTOR ACCOUNT OF MANUFACTURING DAILY, FROM 50,000 TO 102,000 CUBIC FEET OF GAS,AT THE PRICE WHICH COAL BEARS IN THE METROPOLIS, THE OPERATION BEING COMMENCED WITH NEW RETORTS, AND THE RETORTS BEINGLEFT IN A FIT WORKING STATE | [97] |
| COMPARATIVE FACILITY WITH WHICH THE DECOMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF COAL IS EFFECTED | [106] |
| PART VII. | |
| HORIZONTAL ROTARY RETORTS, LATELY BROUGHT INTO USE FOR MANUFACTURING COAL GAS | [110] |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE HORIZONTAL ROTARY RETORTS AT THE ROYAL MINT | [112] |
| ACTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HORIZONTAL ROTARY RETORTS | [120] |
| ADVANTAGES OF THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COAL GAS BY MEANS OF HORIZONTAL ROTARY RETORTS | [124] |
| DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN WITH REGARD TO THE MANAGEMENT OF HORIZONTAL ROTARY RETORTS | [134] |
| PART VIII. | |
| PURIFYING APPARATUS, OR LIME MACHINE | [140] |
| LIME MACHINE ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED FOR THE PURIFICATION OF COAL GAS | [141] |
| LIME MACHINE LATELY ADOPTED | [149] |
| TEST APPARATUS, FOR CERTIFYING THE PURITY OF COAL GAS, AND THE PROPER MANNER OF WORKING THE LIME MACHINE | [157] |
| BEST METHOD OF PREPARING QUICK-LIME FOR THE PURIFICATION OF COAL GAS | [161] |
| PART IX. | |
| GAS HOLDER | [164] |
| GAS HOLDER AS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED | [165] |
| GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR, OR REGULATING GUAGE, LATELY BROUGHT INTO USE | [169] |
| GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE AT THE CHESTER GAS WORKS | [175] |
| GAS HOLDER WITH GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE AT THE BIRMINGHAM GAS WORKS | [177] |
| REVOLVING GAS HOLDER AT THE WESTMINSTER GAS WORKS | [181] |
| RULE FOR FINDING THE CAPACITY OF A REVOLVING GAS HOLDER OF GIVEN DIMENSIONS | [185] |
| COLLAPSING GAS HOLDER | [185] |
| RULE FOR FINDING THE CAPACITY OF A COLLAPSING GAS HOLDER OF GIVENDIMENSIONS | [195] |
| RECIPROCATING SAFETY VALVE | [196] |
| PART X. | |
| GAS METRE, OR SELF-ACTING GUAGE, WHICH MEASURES AND REGISTERS, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE OBSERVER,THE QUANTITY OF GAS PRODUCED IN A GIVEN TIME, FROM ANY GIVEN QUANTITY OF COAL, OR CONSUMED DURING A GIVEN PERIOD,BY ANY NUMBER OF BURNERS OR LAMPS | [200] |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE GAS METRE AT THE ROYAL MINT GAS WORKS | [214] |
| RULE FOR CALCULATING THE WEIGHT, WHICH A GAS METRE OF GIVEN DIMENSIONS, WILL RAISE, TO A GIVENHEIGHT, IN A GIVEN TIME | [220] |
| GAS HOLDER VALVE | [221] |
| SIPHON, OR WATER RESERVOIR | [221] |
| PART XI. | |
| GOVERNOR OR REGULATING GUAGE | [225] |
| DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN FOR FIXING THE GOVERNOR AND GAS METRE | [229] |
| PART XII. | |
| GAS MAINS AND BRANCH PIPES | [239] |
| WEIGHT OF CAST IRON GAS MAINS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND BORES | [251] |
| PART XIII. | |
| GAS LAMPS AND BURNERS | [253] |
| DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN, FOR ADAPTING GAS PIPES TO THE INTERIOR OF HOUSES | [258] |
| PART XIV. | |
| ILLUMINATING POWER OF COAL GAS, AND QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED IN A GIVEN TIME, BY DIFFERENT KINDSOF BURNERS, AND GAS LAMPS | [269] |
| PART XV. | |
| GAS FROM COAL TAR | [282] |
| GAS FROM OIL | [289] |
| PART XVI. | |
| OTHER PRODUCTS OBTAINABLE FROM COAL, NAMELY: | |
| COAL TAR | [298] |
| COAL OIL | [300] |
| PITCH | [302] |
| AMMONIACAL LIQUOR | [303] |
| MANUFACTURE OF CARBONATE OF AMMONIA FROM THE AMMONIACAL LIQUOR | [303] |
| MANUFACTURE OF MURIATE OF AMMONIA FROM THE AMMONIACAL LIQUOR | [307] |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES | [315] |
| INDEX TO THE WORK | [321] |
| LONDON PRICE LIST OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION OF COAL GAS | [331] |
ADVERTISEMENT.
The author of this work respectfully informs the public, that they may be furnished with estimates, and plans for the building of Gas Works, particularly adapted to the circumstances of the places where they are to be established, and that he proposes to superintend the erection of the works.
Mr. Accum also engages to supply the whole of the Gas Apparatus ready for immediate use, and to guaranty its efficient performance.
Or he will contract with any committee, directory, or public company, for Lighting with Gas, any Town, Manufactory, or Building, upon whatever scale of magnitude, for an annual specific sum.
Of the qualifications for the services which he thus proffers, he would speak with diffidence. Such proofs as he is able to offer of them, are to be found in the work here laid before the reader, beyond which he would add no more than the flattering testimony of approbation, with which his labours have been honoured, in having been selected by His Majesty’s Government to plan and erect the Gas Works at the Royal Mint, and since entrusted with the active management and superintendance of that establishment.
Compton Street, Soho,
May 28, 1819.