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William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)
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William Murdoch
Scottish engineer and inventor (1754-1839)
William Murdoch was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gas lighting
Types of lighting device which burn gas fuel
Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or coal gas. The light is produced either directly by the flame, generally by using special mixes of illuminating…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)