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It was discove?rd in Ij8l that gas could be producedin sujicient quantitiesfor illumination.^In 1803, Frederick Albert Winsor, realizing thegreat advantage of open-flame gas burners over candles orlamps, successfully equipped the stage of the Lyceum the-atre in London with this new type of illumination. A fewyears later the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadel-phia adopted this better method of lighting, manufacturingthe gas with crude machinery in the basement ofthe theatre.

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