M0011765: Reproduction of a 19th century engraving illustrating Friedrich Accum's gas-making installation, or the first London gasworks 1814

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

Reproduction of a 19th century engraving illustrating Accum's gas-making installation, or the first London gasworks 1814. The plate is from Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838): A Practical Treatise on Gas Light, 1815. The M series registersuggests that the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum once held a copy of the engraving. Related image: M0011766

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.