A practical treatise on the manufacture and distribution of coal-gas. Its introduction and progressive improvement ... / [Samuel Clegg].

  • Samuel Clegg
Date:
1841
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Credit: A practical treatise on the manufacture and distribution of coal-gas. Its introduction and progressive improvement ... / [Samuel Clegg]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Page HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF LIGHTING BY COAL-GAS .... 1 CHEMISTRY, AS APPLIED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF COAL-GAS '24 COAL s 34 EXPERIMENTS ON THE PRODUCTS FROM COAL 37 CORRECTIONS FOR MOISTURE IN GAS 47 ADVANTAGES OF GAS 52 RETORTS 59 EARTHEN RETORTS 88 BRICKWORK 96 CONSTRUCTION OF CHIMNEYS 102 FIRE-BRICKS, ETC 106 PURIFIERS 108 GAS-METER 122 GASOMETERS 130 TELESCOPE GASOMETER 134 WEIGHTS AND ESTIMATES OF GASOMETERS 139 THE GOVERNOR 145 PRESSURE INDICATOR 149 EQUILIBRIUM OF FLUIDS 152 VALVES 155 STREET-MAINS 159 SOCKETS ib. JOINTS 161 ELASTIC JOINT 163 DISTRIBUTION OF GAS THROUGH MAINS 166 SERVICES 18 BURNERS 190 SECONDARY PRODUCTS 198 COKE ib. COAL-TAR .199 AMMONIACAL LIQUOR 201
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