1799 - Energy
Energy
Gas lighting is pioneered by French chemist and civil engineer Philippe Lebon, 30, who develops methods for producing inflammable gas from wood. Lebon will make important contributions to the theory of gas lighting and will foresee most 19th-century uses of illuminating gas (see 1801).
Scottish steam engineer William Murdock, 45, develops methods for purifying and storing gas. He has worked in Cornwall for Boulton and Watt since 1779 and carried out experiments in the distillation of coal, peat, and wood.
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