Gas lighting
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Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as natural gas, methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or coal gas. The light i
Gas lighting in the historical center of Wrocław, Poland, is manually turned off and on daily.
An illustration of designs of lamplights, c. 1900
Passersby marvel at new gaslighting (London, 1809)
Workmen laying gas pipes under London's streets (George Scharf, British Museum)
Samuel Clegg
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Samuel Clegg was a British engineer, known mostly for his development of the gas works process.
Portrait of Clegg,The Mechanics' Magazine, 1835.
Grave of Samuel Clegg in Highgate Cemetery