Mr Bower, of Bt. Neot's, the inventor of n method of preserving iron from corrosion, ia trying a system of railway-carriage lighting on tho Great Northern Bailway, England. Ho uses compressed and enriched coal gas, which is stated to cost 6s 8d per 1000 oubio feet, and ia stored in cylindrical reservoirs on the roof of tbo coach at a. prsssnro of 1501 b to the inch.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2311, 31 August 1881, Page 3
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67Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2311, 31 August 1881, Page 3
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