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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 Frederick Accum.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1815 Accum
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838.
Contributor:
British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gas-lighting.
Physical Description:
xvii, 194 p., 7 leaves of col. plates (2 fold.) : map, ill. ; 26 cm.
Edition:
2d ed.
Place of Publication:
London : stereotyped and printed by Davies and Michael for R. Ackermann [etc.], 1815.
Notes:
Plates 1 & 5 misbound, 1 to face p. 141, 5 to face title page.
OCLC:
4199199

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