gaslights

[pippin36]

when was gaslights invented

[jno]

300BC maybe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_lighting

[Lil O'lady]

Gaslights began to be used in this Britain as coal consumption grew n the early 1800's. Some mills used the gas from their furnaces to fuel lamps and it was realised early on that using gaslight inside mills meant workers could do night shifts without dropping burning candles onto the goods.
Public gaslights were put in places like Preston Market Square around 1816. At first gaslights were more like individual monuments than functional streetlights.
In London, the theatres and large shops were quick to adopt gaslights well ahead of the rest of the country.
It was quite quickly realised that supplying gas to private houses was a business opportunity and gas companies came into existence in growing numbers by the 1850's.

[Peter Pedant]

people havent been very helpful

I thnk James Watt had something to do with it in 1780s but cant find anything

It is the guy who turned his own hat
good for an interview
is that your hat - yessir
can I see it - yessir I turned it on a lathe
employer - you hired !

also was the first to install domestic gas lighting (manually mechanically very dextrous)

and I thought that was James Watt

wiki isnt helpful

[Lil O'lady]

Wot?

[kitiekebab]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_lighting

[kitiekebab]

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/article s/Gas/Distribution.htm