Punch,  57 (1869), 136.

A Light Matter

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Pollution, Invention, Heat, Light, Energy


    Noting the 'alleged' new invention of a process for converting sewage into gas, suggests that igniting the River Thames may be possible and profitable and hopes that the sewage could be converted before it is deposited in the river, thus reducing the high cost of gas in London.



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