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[LIGHTING -- GAS]. [CHILDS, Arthur E (Pres); ROESSLER, Amandus Charles & ARMINGTON, William A].Biblio.com
Delaware Gas Light Company: The “Delaware†High Pressure Gas Arcs they don’t go out when the air supply ceases. . . Salesman sample photo catalogue.
191158482New York Brooklyn Newark Jersey City & Philadelphia: Delaware Gas Light Co. ca. 1911. Small 4to. 5.75 x 7 in. 24 pp unpaginated on thick paper stock. With 7 silver gelatin photos on thick glossy photo paper stock hinged at gutter margin minor soiling to upper fore-edges of a couple images. Pebbled calf split-pin post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover black silk pastedowns wear & scuffing to fore-edges minor rubbing minor wear to corners minor fraying to the fore-edges of the silk pastedowns still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce Progressive Era sales catalogue for the Delaware Gas Light Co. lighting system. Using patented gas lighting equipment developed by Roessler & Armington this Easton Gas Co. subsidiary marketed this lighting system as better light than electric arc lighting at one fifth the cost steady brilliant illumination no blackening of mantles no smoked ceilings and no abnormal heat. The systems which were only rented to the consumer featured a small high pressure pump invented by Roessler 1872-1939 and a separate reservoir and piping -- all installed and maintained by the company. The photos show the styles which were available in copper or black enamel assorted size and density glass globes from clear to opaque and could be fitted with by-pass lever or chains to control the lighting. The Delaware Gas Light Co. had originated in Delaware OH in the 1870’s and in 1903 was absorbed into the Easton Gas Co. along with Easton Fuel Gas William’s Township Gas Co. Forks Township Gas Co. and others becoming the Easton Gas & Electric Co. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pennsylvania News Items Light Vol. III No. 1 August 1903 p. 285; Gas-Lamp; Combined High & Low Pressure Gas-Lamp Amandus C. Roessler & William A. Armington U.S. Patent Office Vol. 184 1911-1912 pp. x xxxiii 150-152 290. Delaware Gas Light Co., unknown
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