LONDON PRICE LIST

Of the most essential articles employed in the manufacture and application of Coal Gas; delivered free of expence at any Wharf between London and Vauxhall Bridge.

Cast iron Spigot and Faucit Pipes.

DIAMETER. THICKNESS IN THE METAL. PRICE
PER YARD.
  £. s. d.  
1 and a half inch 5-sixths of an inch   2 6  
2 inches 3-eighths   3 6  
2 and a half ditto ditto   4 0  
3 inches 7-sixteenths   4 6  
4 ditto half an inch   6 6  
5 ditto ditto   9 0  
6 ditto ditto   10 0  
7 ditto ditto   11 0  
8 ditto 5-eighths   12 3  
9 ditto ditto   16 6  
10 ditto ditto   19 6  

Cast iron Flanch Pipes.

1 and a half inch   3 0  
2 inches   4 0  
2 and a half inch   4 10  
3 inches   5 4  
4 ditto   7 3  
5 ditto   9 6  
Quadrant flanch pipes   14 0  cwt.
Bend pipes of different radii, branch pipes and accommodating pipes   13 0  cwt.
From eight to six inches 13s. 6d. from 5 to 3 inches   14 0  
Two, and 1 and a half inch   14 6  
Siphon, water reservoir, or tar-well pipes, from 2 to 6 inches in diameter   15 0  cwt.
Ditto, above 6 inches in diameter   14 0  
Gas holder, or hydraulic valve pipes, with boxes   15 0  
Wrought iron work and screws to ditto   0 7 12
Retorts of best picked iron, from second process   13 0  cwt.
Mouth pieces to ditto, ground and fitted   20 0  
Wrought iron work and screws to ditto   0 7 12
Connecting and stride pipes, ground   20 0  cwt.
Hydraulic cylinders   15 0  
Tapering pipes   15 0  
Outer fire doors   15 0  
Inner ditto   11 0  
Fire back, bearers, dead plates   11 0  
Top, register, and slide dampers   14 0  
Pullies, and friction sectors, turned and fitted   22 0  
Wrought iron gudgeons for ditto, turned and fitted   1 0  ℔.
One inch bolts   - at  0 0 5 12 ℔.
Seven-eighths ditto
Three-quarters ditto
Five-eighths  2 8 0  gross.
Half-inch  1 18 0  gross.
Tar receivers and purifying vessels  0 14 0  cwt.
Condensing pipes, and inlet and outlet pipes for tanks  0 14 0  
Cast iron tanks put together complete, with bolts, screws, cement, &c.  0 16 0  
Gas holders, original construction, erected complete of sheet iron  0 60 0  
Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 30,000 cubic feet 1000 0 0  
Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 15,000 cubic feet 700 0 0  
Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 22,000 cubic feet 800 0 0  

Wrought iron Gas Tubes screwed and fitted, warranted to bear a pressure equal to a column of water 300 feet high.

BORE. PENCE
PER FOOT.
1 inch 10  
7-eighths 8  
3-quarters 7 12
5-eighths 7  
Half an inch and 3-eighths 6 12

Copper Tubes.

BORE OF TUBE. PRICE PER FOOT.
  £ s. d.  
3-eighths of an inch copper tubes   0 4 12
Half ditto ditto 0 6  
5-eighths ditto ditto 0 9  
3-quarters ditto ditto 0 11 12
7-eighths ditto ditto 1 4  
1 inch ditto 1 8  
1 and a half ditto ditto 2 2  
Union joints 3-eighths of an inch 8s. half an inch 9s. 5-eighths of an inch 10s. 6d. 3-quarters of an inch 0 14 0  per doz.
Union T sockets, 3-quarters of an inch 20s. half inch 0 14 0  per doz.
Three-quarters of an inch main cocks 0 4 6  each

Brazed sheet iron Tubes.

BORE OF TUBE. PRICE
PER FOOT.
  s. d.  
3-eighths of an inch 0 3 34
Half an inch 0 4 14
5-eighths of an inch 0 5  
3-quarters 0 6 12
1 inch 0 7 12
1 and a quarter 0 10  
1 and a half 1 3  

  £. s. d.  
Ornamental gas lamp posts, and columns, fitted complete with York lamps glazed, tube, branches, cocks, and burners, ready for lighting £. 6 6 0  each
Or castings for ditto   13 0  cwt.
Wrought iron work for ditto   0 7 12 ℔.
Argand burners complete, from 2s. 6d. to   5 0  each
Iron roofs for retort and gas holder houses, erected complete, at £. 6 6 0 per square of 100 feet, superficial measure.  

Cost of laying cast iron Gas mains in London. To take up the ground, to fill in, but not to re-pave the ground, and to drive two and a half inches of lead into the joints of the pipes.

DIAMETER
OF MAINS.
PER
YARD.
  s. d.
 3 inches 1 6
 4 ditto 1 10
 5 ditto 2 1
 6 ditto 2 2
 7 ditto 2 4
 8 ditto 2 7
 9 ditto 3 0
10 ditto 3 4
  £. s. d.  
Tapping the mains and laying gun barrel, or branch pipes 0 1 0  per yrd.
Governor complete to regulate every 24 hours 30,000 cubic feet of gas 60 0 0  
A lime machine, new construction, to purify 30,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours 220 0 0
A gas metre, to register 30,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours 105 0 0
A gas light apparatus complete, capable of producing 48,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours, costs, if erected in London 8000 0 0

ESTIMATE
OF
A Gas Light Apparatus,
Capable of producing every 24 hours, a light equal to 21,330 tallow candles, eight in the pound, burning for six hours.

  £. s. d.
Five horizontal rotary retorts, 12 feet 6 inches in diameter, complete for immediate use 2320 0 0
Two lime machines, complete for immediate use 536 0 0
Two collapsing gas holders, 30,000 cubic feet capacity each 2000 0 0
A gas metre 200 0 0
A governor or regulating guage 100 0 0
Tar well 58 0 0
Pumps 67 0 0
Connecting pipes 265 0 0
Condensing pipes, between the retorts, tar well, and lime machines 219 16 0
Retort house, with iron roof 653 19 0
Lime machine house, with ditto ditto 230 0 0
Workmen’s tools and sundries 430 0 0
  £. 7079 15 0

This apparatus is capable of producing every 24 hours, 66,000 cubic feet of gas.

THE END.

C. Green, Printer, 15, Leicester Street,
Leicester Square.


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A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND INSTRUMENTS,

WITH FIFTEEN QUARTO COPPER PLATES,
BY FREDRICK ACCUM.

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WORKS
LATELY PUBLISHED BY FREDRICK ACCUM.


A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON CHEMICAL RE-AGENTS OR TESTS,

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CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT,

Comprising a Series of curious and instructive Experiments in Chemistry, which are easily performed, and unattended by Danger.

The Fourth Edition.Price 9s.


A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GAS LIGHT,

WITH SEVEN COLOURED PLATES,

Exhibiting a summary description of the Apparatus and Machinery best calculated for illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Coal Gas; with Remarks on the general nature of this new branch of civil economy.

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After the Method of Haüy,

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A SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY,

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Directions to the Binder.

Plate II, to face Title Page.

Plate III, IV, V, VI, and VII, at the end of the Book.

 

 


Pl. III.

Accums, Discription of Gas Works.

Gas Light Machinery, at the Royal Mint.
in Explanation of Plate, II.

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Pl. IV.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.

G. H. Palmer, Del.

Gas Works.
Westminster Station

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Plate V.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.

W. Read, Sculp.t

Gas Holder at Birmingham
without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
capacity 30,000 Cubic Feet.

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Plate VI.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.

W. Read, Sculp.t

Gas Holder at Chester
Without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
Capacity 30,000 Cubic Feet.

Gas Holder at Westminster,
Without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
Capacity 15,400 Cubic Feet

 

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Accums, Description of Gas Works.
Pl. VII.

Lowry, Del.t & Sculp.t

Gas-Works.

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Transcriber’s Notes

Inconsistent, archaic and unusual language, punctuation and spelling have been retained, except as mentioned below. The book uses a comma for decimal point as well as for thousands separator.

The (minor) differences in wording between the Table of Contents and the actual text headings and the use of £ (with or without full stop and/or space) and l. have not been standardised.

Depending on the hard- and software used and their settings, not all elements may display as intended.

When relevant, texts have been removed from the plates and transcribed outside the plates. Such texts are enclosed in a dotted box.

Plate II, 'Accums’': as printed in original work.

Page xv, entry AMMONIACAL LIQUOR: there is no separate section for this material, but it is described in the first part of the section on Carbonate of Ammonia on page 303.

Page 43, 'Pont Tops': possibly Pontops.

Page 49, 'Tramsaren, near Kidwelly': possibly Trimsaran.

Page 79, table: the quantities given add up to 556 cubic feet.

Page 84, 'Enclosed are the result': as printed in the source document.

Page 86, Expenditure of Process A: the amounts given do not add up to the total.

Page 103/104, calculation: the numbers given do not add up to the first sub-total.

Page 196, example of capacity calculation: the dimensions given result in a capacity of 22,500 cubic feet.

Plate III, 'discription': as printed in the source document.

Changes:

Footnotes have been moved to under the paragraph where they are referenced.

Tables printed over multiple pages have been re-combined into single tables; where relevant, items such as Carried Over etc. have been removed. The lay-out of the tables with financial analyses has been standardised.

Several obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.

Page iii: 'as its little expresses' changed to 'as its title expresses'.

Page x: entries for pages 80 and 81 moved to their proper place.

Page xv: page number for entry AMMONIACAL LIQUOR changed to 303 (see above).

Page 42, 'principle coal mines' changed to 'principal coal mines'.

Page 43: 'Cowpers Main' changed to 'Cowper’s Main'.

Page 143: 'Melam' changed to 'Malam'.

Page 189, 'a fixed rigde point' changed to 'a fixed ridge point'.

Page 218, '10,00,000 revolutions' changed to '100,000 revolutions'.

Page 304: 'it will turn blue litmus, paper red' changed to 'it will turn blue litmus paper, red'.

Page 312: 'sal-ammonia' changed to 'sal-ammoniac'.

Index: Lines used as ditto marks and the word 'ditto' have been replaced with the dittoed words and phrases.

Price lists: in some cases the word ditto has been replaced with the dittoed text.