Author: Oscar E. NORMANPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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The Romance of the Gas Industry ... Illustrated
Author: Oscar E. NORMANThe Romance of the Gas Industry
Author: Oscar Edward NormanPublisher:
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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Romance of the Gas Industry
Author: Oscar Edward NormanPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230302577
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...six hundred years Rome used no medicine but her baths. People of all times, of course, have made use of both cold and hot water--to some extent. They washed and bathed--occasionally--in ponds, rivers, lakes, or the ocean. In 1127 Henry I of England included bathing in the initiatory ceremony for knighting six favored commoners. He called them the Knights of the Bath, and thus originated the "Order of the Bath." Robert Hicks in 1825 took out a patent for: Heating water in baths by means of burning spirits of turpentine and carbureted hydrogen gas in chambers in the bath, or tubes passing through or under them. To Lord John Russell is attributed the inven Courtesy--Gas.Age Record. Before the days of gas-fired water heaters tion of a bath tub. In 1830 he was thought to have been the only Englishman addicted to taking a daily bath. Adam Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, visited Lord Russell about ten years later and had taken a hot bath in Russell's tub. Promptly after his return to America, Thompson had a cabinet maker build for him a similar bath. This was made seven feet long and four feet wide, of mahogany, lined with sheet lead. It weighed nearly a ton. On December 20, 1842, at about 8 A. M., Thompson took his first morning bath. He was so pleased with it that he later invited his friends to test the efficacy of his new bath. They also became very enthusiastic. But, the introduction of bath tubs and daily bathing was not so easily facilitated throughout the United States. Boston in 1845 made bathing unlawful unless taken upon the advice of a physician. In 1850, President Fillmore ordered a bath tub installed in the White House. In 1860 every first-class hotel in New York advertised bath tubs. The Turkish bath was introduced into...
The Romance of the Gas Industry (Classic Reprint)
Author: Oscar E. NormanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332191567
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Excerpt from The Romance of the Gas Industry The author had no intention of interposing any introductory remarks to this story, but a reading of W. Cameron Forbes' Romance of Business prompted him to prepare a list of books and booklets which reveal the Romance of Common Things. To his surprise their number grew from an original seventy-five to nearly four hundred, without counting those hastily prepared publications which expect one page of historical introduction and a few pages of extravagant statements to carry a Message to Garcia and to start the dollars rolling into the treasury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Romance of American Petroleum and Gas, Vol. 1
Author: Alfred Russell CrumPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282750718
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Excerpt from Romance of American Petroleum and Gas, Vol. 1: Illustrated Hf. Petroleum and Natural Gas Industrv is a mining business. Its de velopment has been attended by all the excitement incident to mining camps and the usual camp followers. In everv branch. Production. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Romance of American Petroleum and Gas
Author: Alfred Russell CrumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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ROMANCE OF THE GAS INDUSTRY
Author: Oscar Edward NormanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781363886401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Romance of American Petroleum and Gas ...
Author: Alfred Russell CrumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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The Gas Industry in Victoria
Author: Ray ProudleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gas companies
Languages : en
Pages : 541
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