William Murdoch Coal Gas Lighting Invention Vintage Trade Ad Card

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William Murdoch Coal Gas Lighting Invention Vintage Trade Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE TRADE  ADVERTISING CARD
WILLIAM MURDOCK
William Murdoch (sometimes spelled "Murdock") was the first to exploit the flammability of gas for the
practical application of lighting. He worked for Matthew Boulton and James Watt at their Soho Foundry steam
engine works in Birmingham, England. In the early 1790s, while overseeing the use of his company's steam
engines in tin mining in Cornwall, Murdoch began experimenting with various types of gas, finally settling on
coal-gas as the most effective. He first lit his own house in Redruth, Cornwall in 1792.In 1798, he used gas to
light the main building of the Soho Foundry and in 1802 lit the outside in a public display of gas lighting, the
lights astonishing the local population. One of the employees at the Soho Foundry, Samuel Clegg, saw the
potential of this new form of lighting. Clegg left his job to set up his own gas lighting business, the Gas Lighting
and Coke Company.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE SCALED IMAGE ABOVE.
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IT IS AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE CARD
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SLIGHT PAPER LOSS
SMUDGING
ROUNDED CORNERS
SURFACE CREASE
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