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  • Apparatus for transference of gases and pressure gauge.
  • Chart of war gases / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
  • Chart of war gases / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
  • Diagram of Simple and Compound Atmosphere taken fron "An Experimental Essay on the Consitution of mixed Gases; on the force of steam or Vapour from Water and other Liquids in different temperatures, both in Torricellion Vacuum and in Air; on Evaporation; and on the Expansion of Gases by Heat." by Mr John Dalton
  • Optics: spectra of various gases. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.
  • Chemistry: two versions of Woulfe's apparatus for washing gases. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1803.
  • A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.
  • Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.
  • Six kinds of electric light produced in tubes containing different gases. Colour aquatint (?) by M. Rapine, 1868.
  • The laboratories of Marie and Pierre Curie, Paris: exterior courtyard where treatment of noxious gases took place. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • "Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.
  • Physics: effects of weight, sound, heat, light, electricity and magnetism on solids, liquids and gases. Colour lithograph by C. Bethmont.
  • Poets composing verse under the influence of gases specific to particular genres, analogous to laughing gas. Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
  • The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.
  • The New World gas cooker / The Gas Light and Coke Company.
  • The New World gas cooker / The Gas Light and Coke Company.
  • Gas manipulating apparatus.
  • A bachelor cooking on a gas stove; advertising gas cookers provided by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co. Process print, 1905.
  • A bachelor cooking on a gas stove; advertising gas cookers provided by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co. Process print, 1905.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Jam session / The Gas Council.
  • Treats in store / The Gas Council.
  • Treats in store / The Gas Council.
  • Treats in store / The Gas Council.
  • Treats in store / The Gas Council.
  • Treats in store / The Gas Council.