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PREFACE.

ERRATA.

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER

INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATION.

INFLUENCE OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ARTS UPON THE MORALS AND CONDITION OF MAN.

PART I.

PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; AND THEORY OF THE ACTION OF CANDLES AND LAMPS.

METHOD OF ASCERTAINING THE ILLUMINATING POWER OF CANDLES, LAMPS, GAS-LIGHTS, AND OTHER LUMINOUS BODIES.

PART II.

GAS-LIGHT.

THEORY OF THE COMBUSTION OF COAL IN ELUCIDATION OF THE NATURE AND PRODUCTION OF GAS LIGHT.

SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE DISCOVERY AND APPLICATION OF COAL-GAS, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROCURING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.

THEORY OF THE PRODUCTION OF GAS-LIGHT, AND DESCRIPTION OF A PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING, IN THE SMALL WAY, THE GENERAL NATURE OF THIS SPECIES OF LIGHT.

UTILITY OF THE GAS-LIGHT ILLUMINATION, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ECONOMY.

TABULAR VIEW,

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAS-LIGHT APPARATUS.

METHOD of correcting the relative pressure of the Gasometer, so as to cause the gas which it contains to be uniformly of an equal density. [42]

DIRECTIONS TO WORKMEN ATTENDING THE GAS-LIGHT APPARATUS [43] .

ESTIMATE OF THE PRICE OF A GAS-LIGHT APPARATUS, IF ERECTED IN LONDON ,

LONDON Price List of the most essential articles [44] employed in the erection of a Gas-Light apparatus.