Buyenlarge 0-587-33927-6-G1827 Incandescent Light Giclee Fine Art Print 18" x 27"

Coals gas was first used for illuminating purposes by William Murdock, a Scotsman, who, in 1792, used it in his house. In 1809 gas was used to light the Pall Mall and Westminster Bridge was illuminated with it in 1814. A great advance was made in the development of gaslight by the introduction, in 1900, of incandescent gas burners and mantles, the effect of which is to cause the flame to become a brilliant dazzling white.