The Springfield gas machine : illuminating industry and leisure, 1860s-1920s / Donald W. Linebaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linebaugh, Donald W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas-lighting.

Gas-machines.

Lighting--United States--History.

Lighting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city's gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U.S. landscape as middle- and upper-class American families were looking to find simplicity in the countryside without losing any modern comforts of the city. Industries, too, were looking for a means to operate more efficiently and implement longer work hours for various production operations

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Lighting in America: From Rush Lamps to Gasoliers; Chapter 2: The Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Company; Chapter 3: The Springfield Gas Machine; Chapter 4: A Bright Light for the Home: Domestic Lighting with the Springfield Gas Machine; Chapter 5: Extending the Day: Commercial and Institutional Springfield Systems; Chapter 6: Gas Lighting Gives Way to Electricity; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613528926

9781280125065

1280125063

9781572338357

1572338350

OCLC:

776108945