M0011766: Reproduction of a 19th century engraving illustrating Friedrich Accum's gas-making installation

Date:
1951
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/104/69
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

Description

Reproduction of a 19th century engraving illustrating Accum's gas-making installation, a plate from Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838): A Practical Treatise on Gas Light, 1815. The M series registersuggests that the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum once held a copy of the engraving. Related image: M0011765

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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