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MEETING, JuxE 24TF, 1875. 

 The President in the Chaii-. 



J:"^'e MLieaoout Ihirty-five memhers and visitors ^^vo^m^^ 



paper, some conversation tool W ^^ the conchision of this 



President, Dr. TnLn an" Jot joS;" ''' ''''''''' "^ ^'^"^'^ "- 



COAL GAS. 



part iJ evJ;; d " i^f -I^d thS H ^'^ "'T ''f^'?"^'^^ ^'^ ""P-t«"fc 

 gmUincon4nic^. e ' Tite^i Se?l^^ "''^fV'"'^ ?^"^^ ^"^^^ 



been known for nearly 200 T^TZTt^^^'^'r'^''^ '^ '■"''^' ^'^^'^ '^=^« 

 praetical use till withfn qnit'e'c^'t times ^ ''''''' ""^ '^^"^^ ^^ "« 



w5Ut2;.e ttSSlo uffi;StrS"f !'^ '^"["^"^ -^'^ «^ 



of tlie country. From this enWonf i "'' ^'*' ""'^'^^" ^'^^^ P^^'t 

 induced to elperi-ne^o coa? Tf^T'f'^"^^'- Dayton 'was 

 closed vessel, i.at the prTdS we^e wS Lh ^^ "T ''''''^ ^" ^ 

 callexl it, which was hoconS he ttfei 0?"^ '^''"'' ''^^ '^^ 



purified coal eas. This wn^ n hinV ' i ■ ? • ' °^ ^^'-"'^^^' is ""- 



centnrv sooner. Another f^ct Arh;,.i, ,■;, "'-,";^ S^s-lighting mto use a 

 public-was, that in 1 733 Sir j L J™"f,'^t th,s gas again before the 

 evolution of aas a hi cfcM ,i'"''''^" ""^^''T' ^ spontaneous 

 sudden rush ^f a,r w lich tooh ^.o ' ,. " ^"■' ^"' ''"•^' '^"''^'•'^^"l by a 

 burning, with a fl me two, a,t h oh ^n'r""' '■' T'''' ^^^'^ ' ^■«"dle, 

 much friohtened but Ind H,! " ' '-^^^ one m diameter; they were 

 flag-ration. Se steward oC^^^^^ ^« P"^ «"t the con! 



again lit it ; IhVrurSls h d 1 n"^ '^ •'' '''^'^ .^^"^™ ^^'"^^'-'Jf' '^"d 

 be found more diffitltyin eS n rhit"t""of ' "^' ^«!-quent]y 

 the workmen, and a hu4 tube nrl . " • ?^ "^-"''"^ ^^ annoved 

 tlie noxious gas out of the nnd n .f ?''-'^ "^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^'^ to take 

 two years and ne month S 



It became the custc,n/of h?n Joh'o L 76^^^^ 



to which were attached small pines so Hn-? H ^^^' ?V^^'''^'^''' "''^^ ^'t' 

 own convenience. This irt 1 i i 5 in« "ley might use it at their 

 beating coal being u Jd either fo-b^l '^, "^' ^'^^^^ ^^'t'-^'""! by 



though the Wop^tiToPtZ^:^^'^^^,!;'^''^'^^ purpose But " 



applying it s •stematically to t lelli tlr r i. n '"' "?^"J^- ''^""^bt of 

 T^'hen an engineer, in Co4 val leSted'a smJ "'''^' ' ^'' '^J' ^^^^^ 

 ratus for supplying his offices and ho^L Si §^-'«"^°t^i' «»d appa- 

 result, that,' in the foUowino vear heli. .^V'^i"'"^ ""'^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ the 

 factory at Soho with gas Vl s w rt^te^'^^ .« snpply a mann- 

 way,- to lighting purposes but Ao, ^ ai^pbeation, in a large 



B-ntific men,it eU/^ttlT^tS mlo^^'^lii 



