Punch,  26 (1854), 160.

The 'Gazette de St Petersbourg'

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Light, Technology, Commerce


    Reports that Russians are resorting to gaslight owing to dwindling supplies of tallow candles, and notes the use of the more expensive gas-lighting in Paris and London, expecting both capitals to be shrouded in darkness.



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