Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 340–41.

Discovery of Gas-Lighting

T Hatchard

Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Discovery, Chemistry, Technology, Light, Navigation, Steam-power

People mentioned:

William Murdoch , Archibald Cochrane (9th Earl of Dundonald) , Mr Campion , Frederick A Winsor

Institutions mentioned:

Trinity House


    Claims to have been the first to use coal-gas lighting, but to have been unsuccessful in attempting to apply the process commercially.


See also:

ML1/10/290a/1


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