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Classic Technical Books of the Manufactured-Gas
Literature |
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Author & Dates |
Content |
Publisher |
Remarks |
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Accum, Fredrich
Christian
1815-1820 |
“Practical Treatise
on
Gas Light” |
R.
Ackerman, London
as well as others,
with time |
Winsor’s German gas chemist at
London; largely responsible
for success of London Gas
Light & Coke Co. |
|
American Gas Institute
(AGI)
1909
1912
1912
1915
|
-
“Catechism of
Central
Station
Gas Engineering”
-
“Lectures Delivered at the
Centenary Celebration of
the First Commercial Gas
Company …”
-
“Chronology of the early
development of gas
lighting”
-
“Oil tar separation,
recovery and disposal”
|
AGI,
New YorK City, NY
|
-
Separate articles from
American Gas Journal
Published as book, 174 p.
-
W.R. Morgan,
Gas Institute News
-
Proceedings, 9th Annual
Meeting,
by R.E. Wyant,
p. 313-339 |
|
Butterfield, W.J.A.,
1913 |
“Lectures on
Chemistry in
Gas-Works” |
The
Institute of
Chemistry of Great
Britain & Ireland |
71
p. |
|
Chandler, C.F.,
1870 |
“Report on the Gas
Nuisance in New
York” |
D.
Appleton & Co.,
NYC, NY |
109
p. |
|
Clegg, Samuel, and
Samuel Jr.
Published 1841-1871 |
Mainly a series of
editions of highly-
regarded manual of
gas operations. |
J.
Weale, London;
later Trubner & Co., London |
Clegg was Murdock’s chief
assistant; Became of
worldwide prominence and
passed his practice to his son. |
|
Colyear, F.,
1884 |
“Gas-Works; Their
Arrangement,
Construction, Plant,
and Machinery” |
E.
F. N. Spon,
London |
134
p |
|
Cooper, Thomas,
1816 |
“Some Information
Concerning Gas
Lights “ |
John Conrad & Co.,
Philadelphia |
190
p. , 2 leaves of plates |
|
Davidson, William
Brown,
1923 |
“Gas Manufacture “ |
Longmans, Green and
Co., London and NYC |
Contains chapters on Retorts and Retort Settings, by T. Brocke, Gas Holders,
by G.B. Brown, and Gas Distribution, by E.L. Oughton viii plus 464 p. |
|
EBASCO Services
Incorporated
1949 |
“Manufactured Gas Operations “ |
The
Company,
NYC, NY |
vi,
plus 115 p. |
|
Ellis, Daniel, 1828 |
“Considerations Relative to Nuisance in Coal- Gas Works; Establishments “ |
J.
Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland, 71 p. |
“With Remarks on the Principles of Monopoly and Competition as Applicable to
Those Establishments” |
|
Forstall, Alfred E., and I.C.S.* Staff, 1938, |
“Gas Making and Distribution“ |
International Textbook Co.,
Scranton, PA
* International Correspondence School |
Author was Consulting Engineer:
v. 1: Gas Production: Gases and Gas-Producing Apparatus, p. 1-78.
v. 2; Gas Transmission, Distribution, and Supply:
Gas Transmission and Distribution, p. 1-62.
Gas Supply, p. 1-78. |
|
Greenough, Charles P.,
1883 |
“A
Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of the United States of
America, and Great Britain and Her Colonies;” |
Little, Brown, Boston |
“Relating to the Rights and Liabilities of Gas Companies “ 307 p. |
|
Greenough, M.S., 1892 |
“Lighting by Gas” |
Bacon & Co.,
Birmingham, CT |
184
p.; Greenoughs were sons of Boston, Massachusetts gas magnate Wm. Greenough |
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Harrop, H.B., MD, 1906 |
“Outline of Gasworks Chemistry “(American Practice) |
Wisconsin Gas Association, Racine, WI, 154 p. |
As
read at 1904, 1905, 1906 Meetings of the Wisconsin Gas Association |
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Herring, Walter Ralph, 1893 |
“The Construction of Gas Works Practically Described”; 2nd ed. |
Hazell, Watson & Viney, London |
458
p., 9 plates. |
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Hole, Walter 1909 - 1912 |
“The Distribution of Gas” |
John Allan & Co., London |
Superintendent of City of Leeds Gas Mains and Distribution, England |
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Hollings, H., ed., 1934 |
“The Manufacture of Gas” |
Ernest Benn, London |
In
three Volumes |
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Holmes, W.C., & Company, Huddersfield,
England,
1874 |
“Instructions for the Management of Gas Works” |
E.
& F.N. Spon,
London and Spon &
Chamberlain, New
York City |
148
p. |
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Hornby, John,
pre-1890-1913 |
“A
Text-Book of Gas
Manufacture for
Students “ |
G.
Bell & Sons, Ltd.,
London |
Through at least seven editions |
|
Hughes, Samuel,
1853- ca. 1895 |
“A
Treatise on Gas
Works and the
Practice of
Manufacturing and
Distributing Coal
Gas “ |
John Weale, London |
Through at least eight
editions |
|
Humphreys, Norton H., 1891 |
“The Chemistry of
Illuminating Gas” |
Walter King, London |
255
p, Leaf of 10 plates. (Mainly articles written for Journal of Gas
Lighting”). |
|
Hunt, Charles,
1907 |
“A
History of the
Introduction of Gas
Lighting” |
W.
King, London |
150
p. |
|
International Correspondence School, (ICS) 1910 |
“Manufacture of
Gas”, 2nd ed. |
Scranton,
Pennsylvania |
Pt. 1, Manufacture of
Gas,
62 p.
Pt. 2, Manufacture of
Gas,
54 p.
Pt. 3, By-Products of
Gas
Manufacture, 46 p. |
|
King, Walter,
1868-1948,
As a Gas-Industry
Publishing Entity |
“King’s Treatise on
Goal Gas”
“Handbook for Gas
Engineers & Managers” |
Many editions and
many volumes;
London |
Created a prolific gas-
technology publishing
house; also publisher of Journal of Gas Lighting
(est. 1849 as world's first gas journal.) |
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Lange, Kurt Reinhold,
1915 |
“The By-Products of
Coal-Gas
Manufacture” |
Scott, Greenwood &
Son, London, 155 p. |
Translated from the German;
Long span of editions |
|
Latta, Marion Nisbet-
1907-1915 |
“Hand-Book of
American Gas
Engineering Practice”
“American Producer
Gas Practice” |
D.
van Nostrand,
NYC, NY |
Consulting Engineer,
NYC, NY |
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Levin, A.M.,
1910 |
“The Modern Gas-Engine & The Gas
Producer” |
John Wiley &
Sons, NYC, NY,
485 p.; 1st
ed. |
Author was Consulting
Engineer |
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Lewes, Vivian B.,
1917 |
“The Carbonization
of Coal” |
John Allan & Co.,
London,
315 p. |
Professor, Royal Naval
College, Greenwich,
London |
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Lunge, George,
1887-1916; many
editions |
“Coal-Tar and
Ammonia” |
Gurney & Jackson,
London;
Van Nostrand in U.S. |
Professor, Swiss Federal
Polytechlnicum, Zurich |
|
Mathot, R.E.,
1905 |
“Gas-Engines &
Producer-Gas Plants” |
The
Scientific
American, NYC, NY |
Translated from the French,
314 p. |
|
Matthews, William,
1827 |
“A
Compendium of
Gas-Lighting”
“An Historical
Sketch of the Origin
… of Gas-Lighting” |
R.
Hunter, London |
Two volumes, 134 p. and
434 p., respectively |
|
Meade, Alwyne,
1916, 1921, 1934 |
“Modern Gas
Works Practice” |
Benn Brothers ,
London; UGI in U.S. |
To
two volumes in 1934;
1921 also published by
United Gas Improvement Co. (UGI),
Philadelphia |
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“Mentor”
(Pseudonym); ca. 1910 |
“Self-Instruction for
Students in Gas
Engineering ….” |
Offices of The Gas
World;
London |
For
“Guilds of the London
Institute”; various
undated
editions. |
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Michael, W.H., and
J. Shiress Will,
1877 through 1946 |
“The Law Relating
to Gas & Water ….” |
Butterworths,
London |
Many editions; 1877 is 2nd ed., at 771 p. |
|
Mooney, William,
1888 |
“The American Gas
Engineer &
Superintendent’s
Handbook” |
Published by the
author, NYC, NY |
357
p. |
|
Morgan, Jerome John, ca. 1925-1953 |
“Manufactured Gas; A Textbook of
American Practice”
“Gasification of
Hydrocarbons: |
1925; First edition
published by the
author
1953; Moore Publ. Co.,
NYC, NY |
Chemical Engr. & Professor
of Gas Engineering at
Columbia
University, NYC,
Dean of American Gas
Engineers in 1950s |
|
Newbigging, T.
1870-1913 |
“Gas Managers
Handbook ….” |
W.
King, London |
172
p. |
|
Newbigging, T., and
Fewtreil, Wm.
1878-1913 |
“King’s Treatise on
the Science &
Practice of the
Manufacture &
Distribution of Gas” |
W.
King, and the
Offices of The Gas
World,
London |
Many editions;
Newbigging lived until
1914 |
|
Norman, Oscar Edward.
1922 |
“The Romance of
the Gas Industry” |
A.C.
McClurg & Co.,
Chicago,
203 p. |
Author was with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.,
Chicago |
|
O’Connor, H.,
1901 |
“The Gas Engineer’s
Pocket-Book….” |
2nd
ed., Crosby & Son,
London,
454 p. |
Author lived 1858-1915 |
|
Ohio River Valley
Water
Sanitation Commission,
1953 |
“Reducing Phenol
Wastes from Coke
Plants….” |
The
Commission,
Cincinnati, Ohio |
36
p. |
|
Peckston, Thomas
Snowden,
1819-1841 |
“Theory & Practice
of Gas Lighting” |
Thomas & George
Underwood, London |
Early Gas Engineer at London; several editions |
|
Pelouze, Edmond and
Pelouze, M., 1839 |
“Die Beeuchtung mit Gas aus
Stein und Brunkolen, Torf, Oel, Fett, Mineralichten und Gegetabilifchen |
Chemnitz, Sachen,
Germany |
402
p., with 18 plates
Authors were the famous
inventors involved in
the
Pelouze & Aduoin tar
separator device |
|
Rambush, N.E.,
1923 |
“Modern Gas
Producers” |
Benn Brothers,
London |
545
p. |
|
Richardson, William,
1877 |
“A Practical
Treatise on the
Manufacture and
Distribution of
Coal Gas” |
E.
& F. Spon, London
& NYC, NY |
364
p. |
|
Roberts, J.,
1927 |
“Coal Carbonization ….” |
Sir
Isaac Pitman &
Sons, Ltd., London |
406
p. |
|
Royale, H.M.,
1907 |
“The Chemistry of
gas manufacture...” |
N.W. Henley Publ.
Co., NYC, NY |
Also Crosby Lockwood & Son, London, 328 p. |
|
Russell, Walter R. |
Operation of Gas
Works,
1917 |
McGraw-Hill,
NYC, NY |
General Manager, Emporia
Gas Works, Emporia, KS |
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Rutter, J. O. N.,
1832 & 1849 |
“Practical Observations on
Gas Lighting”, 1832
“Gas-Lighting”,
1849 |
Longmans & Co.,
London
J.W. Parker, London |
Unpaginated
63 p. |
|
Saward, F. E.,
1878 |
“American Gas
Making; ….” |
Bedell & Brothers,
NYC |
Unknown pages |
|
Staley, Ralph,
1922 |
“Town Gas
Manufacture; ….” |
Sir
Issac Pitman &
Sons, Inc. |
108
p. |
|
Stephenson, Joseph,
1916 |
“Elements of Water
Gas; ….” 1st
ed. |
The
State Company,
Columbia, SC |
190
p. |
|
Stotz, Louis, with
Jamison, A., 1938 |
“History of the Gas
Industry” |
Stetiner Brothers,
NYC, NY |
534
p. |
|
Sugg, William T.,
1867 |
“Gas Manipulation” |
Unknown London
Publisher |
Unknown pages |
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Taylor, G.,
1848 |
“On
Gas Works ….” |
Longmans, London |
24
p. |
|
Terrace, John,
1948 |
“Terrace’s Notebook
for Gas Engineers
& Students” |
Ernest Benn, Ltd.,
London |
968
p. |
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Tinkler, C.K., and
Challenger, F.,
1915 |
“The Chemistry of
Petroleum and Its
Substitutes” |
Crosby Lockwood,
London |
352
p.; Has two chapters
dealing with coal tar |
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United Coke & Gas Co.,
1905 and 1906 |
“Production of
Illuminating Gas
from Coke Ovens”
“A Short Treatise
on the Destructive
Distillation of
Bituminous Coal” |
The
Company,
NYC, NY |
1905, 16 p.
1906, p. 146 p. |
|
United Engineers &
Constructors, 1920 |
“A
Manual of Gas
Distribution” |
The
Company, NYC, NY
(UGI subsidiary) |
By
W. F. Forstall, noted
Gas Engineer 968 p. |
|
United Gas Improvement
Company (U.G.I.)
various dates |
“Analysis Report
upon the Granger
Water-Gas”
“Illuminating Water-Gas
….”
“Water-Gas….”
“Water-Gas in The
United States”
“The Lowe Water-
Gas Apparatus
“Carburetted Water Gas”
“The Gas Works Book” |
1885
ca. 1890
ca. 1890
ca. 1890
1890, 29 p.
1911
1917 |
The
Company,
Philadelphia,
PA
UGI formed Sep 1882;
disbanded 1942 by order of U.S. Government |
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University of California,
Berkeley,
1917 |
“Lectures Delivered
by Edward C. Jones” |
University of
California |
Printed and bound course
notes for Gas
Engineering |
|
U.S.
Bureau of Mines,
1923 |
“Water-Gas Tar
Emulsions” |
Technical Paper
no. 304, by
Wm. W. Odell |
51
p. |
|
U.S.
Geological Survey,
1909 |
“Recent
Development of
the Producer-Gas
Power Plant ….” |
Bulletin no,. 416, by
Robert H. Fernald |
82
p. |
