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ACCUM, Fredrick Christian (1769-1838). Description of the Process of Manufacturing Coal Gas, for the Lighting of Streets Houses, and Public Buildings. London: for Thomas Boys, 1820. 8° (228 x 138mm). Hand-coloured engraved plate on title page and 6 further folding plates, with final advertisement leaf (some occasional very light browning and spotting, some occasional light off-setting on a few folding plates, very small tears in centrefolds of two plates). 20th-century olive paper-covered boards with original front cover design laid down, titled in gilt on spine (red wax stain on upper board). Uncut.
Second edition. Accum, a German chemist and engineer, was appointed to the London & Westminster Chartered Gas Light & Coke Company when it was formed in 1812. Together with his Practical Treatise on Gas Light, this second and scarcer work forms the first technical and scientific treatise on the state of the science in its infancy. Advocating the public and domestic uses of gas-light, the work details the manufacture of coal gas as well as installation and operating costs. Dawson 91, p.4; Sotheran I, 20.
Second edition. Accum, a German chemist and engineer, was appointed to the London & Westminster Chartered Gas Light & Coke Company when it was formed in 1812. Together with his Practical Treatise on Gas Light, this second and scarcer work forms the first technical and scientific treatise on the state of the science in its infancy. Advocating the public and domestic uses of gas-light, the work details the manufacture of coal gas as well as installation and operating costs. Dawson 91, p.4; Sotheran I, 20.
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