Gas Light & Coke Company
Organization
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Royal Society inquiry into gas reservoir of the Gas Light Company, 1809 - 1814
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/10: 172-212
Scope and Contents
The Royal Society established a committee in 1814 to enquire "into the situation and state of the reservoir of gas belonging to the Gas Light Company". Included amongst the papers is a letter concerning an explosion at the Royal Powder Mills in Faversham, Kent on 20 February 1793 [RGO/14: 173]; correspondence relating to an explosion at a timber seasoning yard in Woolwich on 30 December 1812 and the resultant casualties and damage, including reports on the possible causes of the accident...
Dates:
1809 - 1814
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