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Incandescenza company, 1895. Artist: Mataloni, Giovanni (1869-1944)Incandescenza company, 1895. From a private collection
Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, c1900. Creator: UnknownMain Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, c1900. View of Main Street showing one of the citys first gas street lamps in front of the St Charles Hotel, (originally the Bella Union Hotel)
One of the Advantages of Gas over Oil, 1821. Artist: Richard DightonOne of the Advantages of Gas over Oil, 1821. Plate V of A London Nuisance, depicting a gas lamp exploding in the shop of I Killem, chemist, throwing debris over a passing lady and small child
Rayon d or - Dernier mot de l Eclairage, 1895. Artist: Paleologue (Paleologu), Jean de (1855-1942)Rayon d or - Dernier mot de l Eclairage, 1895. From a private collection
Bec Auer, 1896. Artist: Privat-Livemont, Henri (1861?1936)Bec Auer, 1896. From a private collection
Early gas lighting advertisement label
German gas mantle advertising label
Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Warners workshops, Spitalfields, East London. The weavers are working on hand looms and the weaving shed is lit by fishtail gas lights
Bicycle manufacture, France, 1896. Shaping the wheel rims. The machinery is all driven from a central power source through belt-and-shafting
Gas lighting, 1814. Fig. 1: Samuel Cleggs (1781-1861) gas apparatus (1808). Fig. 7: B Cooks gas apparatus. Figs 8&9: Furnace for producing tar as a gas by-product. From Encyclopaedia Londinensis
The Peace Illuminations - The Horse Guards, Whitehall Front, London, 1856. Gas light illuminations on Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, to mark the end of the Crimean War
The Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Henry PyallThe Tunnel, 1831. The worlds first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened on 15 September 1830. Its principal engineer was George Stephenson (1781-1848)