The Springfield Gas Machine Illuminating Industry and Leisure, 1860s-1920s
Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city’s gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press
2012.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31039510*spi |
| Sumario: | Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city’s gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U.S. landscape as middle- and upper-class American families were looking to find simplicity in the countryside without losing any modern comforts of the city. Industries, too, were looking for a means to operate more efficiently and implement longer work hours for various production operations. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 362 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781572338357 9781280125065 |
