| Description |
1 online resource (362 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Lighting in America: From Rush Lamps to Gasoliers; Chapter 2: The Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Company; Chapter 3: The Springfield Gas Machine; Chapter 4: A Bright Light for the Home: Domestic Lighting with the Springfield Gas Machine; Chapter 5: Extending the Day: Commercial and Institutional Springfield Systems; Chapter 6: Gas Lighting Gives Way to Electricity; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city's gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U.S. landscape as middle- and upper-class American families were looking to find simplicity in the countryside without losing any modern comforts of the city. Industries, too, were looking for a means to operate more efficiently and implement longer work hours for various production operations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gas-lighting.
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Gas-machines.
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Lighting -- United States -- History
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gas-lighting.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Optics.
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Gas-lighting
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Gas-machines
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Lighting
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781572338357 |
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1572338350 |
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1280125063 |
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9781280125065 |
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