Murdoch

Examples

• The first known application of the kind was made by Mr. Murdoch, an engineer in the employment of Messrs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In 1792 Murdoch erected a gas distilling apparatus, and lighted his house and offices by gas distributed through service pipes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Murdoch, Winser, Clegg and others continued to illuminate the public works and buildings of England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• One method of producing the same effect is to make the cylinders oscillate on pivots, as contrived by Mr. Murdoch, in the first model steam carriage, made in 1784. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Boulton and Watt, at Soho, was brilliantly illuminated with coal gas by Mr. Murdoch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The bill was opposed by Mr. Murdoch and thrown out; but in the following year (1810) the application was successfully renewed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The gas was generated by Mr. Murdoch in an iron retort, and collected in a common gasometer, from which it was conducted in pipes to the rooms to be lighted. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mr. Murdoch's intention was to employ such carriages on common roads, but he did not proceed to put his plan into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In 1804-5 Murdoch lighted the cotton factory of Phillips & Lee at Manchester, the light being estimated as equal to 3,000 candles, and this was the largest undertaking up to that date. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Symington in 1770, and Murdoch in 1784, built experimental models. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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