Lighting, Cooking, Heating, and Asphyxiation! The Changing Uses and Risks of Manufactured Gas in American Homes, 1870-1940
{{output}}
The introduction of water gas for house lighting in the United States posed a significant risk to public health in the years between 1875 and World War II. Water gas was superior to the older coal gas used as an illuminant but a far more lethal source of asphy... ...
