Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. A book for old and young (1860)
Timbs, John, 1801-1875 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 363
ubscription wtisraised, it is said, of £50,000, which was expended in ex-periments, w^ithout profit to the subscribers, althoughWinsor gained experience, and the important process ofpurifying gas by lime. In 1807 he lighted one side ofPall Mall; on the kings birthday, June 4, he… … Frederick Albert Winsor, Projector of Street Gas-lighting. posed by Mr. Murdoch on the score of prior discovery,and the charter was refused. It was, however, subse-quently granted, and in 1810 Avas estabhshed the Gas-light and Coke Company, in Cannon Row, Westminster;removed to Peter Street, or…
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