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The Springfield gas machine [electronic resource]

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Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city's gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U.S. landscape as middle- and upper-class American families were looking to find simplicity in the countryside without losing any modern comforts of the city. Industries, too, were looking for a means to operate more efficiently and implement longer work hours for various production operations

Title The Springfield gas machine [electronic resource] : illuminating industry and leisure, 1860s-1920s / Donald W. Linebaugh.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press
Creation Date c2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Lighting in America: From Rush Lamps to Gasoliers
Chapter 2: The Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Company
Chapter 3: The Springfield Gas Machine
Chapter 4: A Bright Light for the Home: Domestic Lighting with the Springfield Gas Machine
Chapter 5: Extending the Day: Commercial and Institutional Springfield Systems
Chapter 6: Gas Lighting Gives Way to Electricity
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (362 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010707056705171
MARC RECORDS
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