FART II.

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GAS-LIGHT .

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION.

A. New art of procuring artificial light, whichconsists in burning the gazeous fluid obtainedby distillation from common pit-coal, has oflate engaged the attention of the public, underthe name of gas-light.

* The encouragement that has been given forsome years past by the legislature to this sys-tem of lighting, has induced certain individualsto apply the coal-gas light for the illumination' of streets, houses, roads, and public edifices.And it is sufficiently known that a company-has been incorporated by charter under thename of the “ Gas Light and Coke Company”to apply this new art of procuring light, by