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Period 19th century

Associated Places Great Britain

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Creator Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838

1. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas : for the lighting of streets, houses and public buildings : with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain : accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light : with seven plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist ; lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, fellow of the Limæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: MDCCXX [1820]
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 334, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Chemical amusement : comprising a series of curious and instructive experiments in chemistry, which are easily performed and unattended by danger / by Fredrick Accum, Operative Chemist, Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, on Mineralogy, and on Chemistry applied to the Arts and Manufactures, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 360, [4], 59, [1] p., II leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas, for the lighting of streets, houses, and public buildings, with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London, and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain, accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light / by Fredrick Accum.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: xv, 334 p., [6] fold. plates : col. diagrs ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas : for the lighting of streets, houses, and public buildings : with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London, and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain : accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light : with seven plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist ; lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures, member of the Royal Irish Academy, fellow of the Limæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: MDCCXIX [1819]
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 334, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts