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Expand 1 - Ancestors and the Gas Industry1 - Ancestors and the Gas Industry
Expand 2 - History of the Gas Industry2 - History of the Gas Industry
Expand 3 - The History of Gasmaking II3 - The History of Gasmaking II
Collapse 4 - The History of Gasmaking III4 - The History of Gasmaking III
1 - Map - Carlton House Gardens
2 - Map - Carlton House Gardens
3 - Drawing - Carlton House
4 - Drawing - Carlton House
5 - Letter by John Clayton to Hon. Robert Boyle
6 - Spirit of Coals extract from book - Rev J Clayton to Hon Robert Boyle
7 - Sir James Lowther , Coal Pit and its "Damp Air" - extract from book - III
8 - Sir James Lowther , Coal Pit and its "Damp Air" - extract from book - I
9 - Sir James Lowther , Coal Pit and its "Damp Air" - extract from book - II
10 - Extract from a book - Thomas Shirley - well at Ince near Wigan
11 - Extract from book - Thomas Shirley's account II
12 - Extract from book - Thomas Shirley's account III
13 - Extract from book - Thomas Shirley's account I
14 - Early gas - Winsor lecturing Lyceum theatre
15 - Early gas - P J Minckelers statue - unveiling
16 - Early gas - P J Minckelers bronze - Maastricht
17 - Jan P Minkelers - "Memoire"
18 - Lithograph of Jan Pieter Minckelers
19 - Lithograph of Jan Pieter Minckelers
20 - Painting of Matthew Boulton
21 - Drawing of Frederick Accum
22 - Painting of original Soho works of Boulton and Watt
23 - Early gas - Winsor lecturing Lyceum theatre
24 - Statue of Boulton, Murdoch and Watt
25 - Statue of Boulton, Murdoch and Watt
26 - Painting of William Murdoch in old age
27 - Painting of William Murdoch in old age
28 - Painting of William Murdoch
29 - Painting of William Murdoch in old age
30 - Painting of William Murdoch in old age
31 - Painting of William Murdoch
32 - Painting of William Murdoch
33 - Murdoch's house, Handsworth, before demolition
34 - Some pioneers of the gas industry
35 - Drawing of Dr Charles Carpenter, CBE
36 - Drawing of Frank Bush
37 - Portrait of Sir Corbet Woodall
38 - Portrait of Sir Corbet Woodall
39 - Drawing of Frank Harding Jones
40 - Drawing of Charles Pridden
41 - Drawing of Isaac Crookenden
42 - Statue of George Livesey
43 - Drawing of Thomas Livesey
44 - Drawing of Frank Livesey
45 - Schematic retort/means to employ combustible materials usefully
46 - Statue of Philippe Lebon
47 - Patent title Philippe Lebon Invention
48 - Portrait of George Livesey
49 - Drawing of birthplace of Philippe Lebon
50 - Text, in French, describing the use of gas
51 - Drawing of birthplace of Philippe Lebon
52 - Drawing of birthplace of Philippe Lebon
53 - Inscription above front door of Philippe Lebon's birthplace
54 - Birthplace of Philippe Lebon
55 - Front door of birthplace of Philippe Lebon
56 - Statue of Philippe Lebon
57 - Portrait of Philippe Lebon
58 - Statue of Philippe Lebon
59 - Drawing of Matthew Murray
60 - Drawing of Matthew Murray
61 - Drawing of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
62 - Drawing of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
63 - Drawing of retorts - earliest type
64 - Coloured drawing of gaslight apparatus
65 - Drawing of a rotating retort at the Royal Mint
66 - Drawing of horizontal retort brickwork
67 - Drawing of alternative Murdoch retort
68 - Drawing of Murdoch's earliest retort
69 - Drawing of head offices, South Metropolitan Gas Company
70 - Drawing of general offices, Phoenix Gas Company
71 - Gas Light and Coke Co showrooms & offices, Barking Road opened 1930
72 - Twenty-First Street Works, New York Gas Lighting Co
73 - Drawing of Broadway, New York
74 - Drawing of New York's famous "Five Points" in the early days of gas lighting
75 - Drawing of general offices, Phoenix Gas Company
76 - Drawing of 7 Cherry Street, New York illuminated by gas
77 - Engraving of Shrewsbury House, Shooter's Hill Winsor's early residence
78 - William Murdock lighting his house by gas in Redruth, Cornwall
79 - Murdoch's early ideas on heating coal in canisters
80 - Murdoch's retorts at his plant at Soho Foundry
81 - Drawing of Murdoch at Redruth lighting his house
82 - Drawing of Murdoch's horizontal retort design
83 - Near Murdoch's house in Redruth - a plaque on the wall of St Rumon's chapel c1400
84 - Near Murdoch's house in Redruth - remains of chapel of St Rumon c1400
85 - Murdoch's House II, Redruth - interior
86 - Murdoch's House I, Redruth - interior
87 - Murdoch's House II, Redruth - interior
88 - Murdoch's House at Redruth
89 - Murdoch's House I, Redruth - interior
90 - Gas lighting - theatre
91 - Lighting by Philippe le Bon
92 - Gas lighting - parks - the Italian Terrace , Scarborough
93 - Drawing - gas cooker
94 - Drawing - gas lighting - theatre chandelier at Covent Garden
95 - Gas Lighting - Solihull
96 - Pre-gas - advert for oil lamps
97 - Gas lighting - Incandescent mantle display
98 - Gas lamps - Pall Mall - diorama of Winsor's experiment
99 - Goddard's improved Argand with jet as night light
100 - Painting of pre-gas oil street lamp and lighter
101 - Early New Herald combined fire and cooker
102 - Original gas holder said to have been erected by Murdoch
103 - Small steam engine (?) on derelict site
104 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" gas density's
105 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" animal product density's
106 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire"
107 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" gases from vegetable matter
109 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" gas density's
110 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire"
111 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" animal product density's
112 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire" gases from vegetable matter
113 - Jan P Minkeler's "Memoire"
Expand 5 - History of gas making IV5 - History of gas making IV
Expand 6 - The History of Gasmaking I6 - The History of Gasmaking I

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