Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Ludgate Hill
Tailors and Outfitters
1882 Description of their electric light system, with a dynamo driven by a 12 HP Otto gas engine. 20 Jablochkoff arc lights, each of 378 candle-power. The cost was £150 p.a., using the lighting for an average of 3 hours each night. Each lamp cost 1d. per hour, and the gas used per lamp also cost 1d. per hour.[1]
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