"Description of the Process of Making Coal Gas for Lighting Streets, Houses, and Public Buildings, with Views, Sections, and Plans of the Most Improved Kinds of Apparatus Used in the Gas Works of London and the Principal Provinces," by Friedrich Christian Accum, is a study which discloses the process of making coal gas with a Detailed Description of the Equipment in Use at the Gas Works of London and the Principal Provinces. The book contains sketches, sections and plans of the most modern types of equipment, which will allow the reader to better understand the technological processes associated with gas production at that time. Thanks to this book, the reader gets the opportunity to study and analyze the methods of coal gas production and its use for lighting and other applications."