to 5000L.

of capital were invested in the new works.

The new method of lighting speedily became popular amongst manufacturers, from its superior safety, cheapness, and illuminating power.

The mills of Phillips and Lee of Manchester were fitted up in 1805; and those of Burley and Kennedy, also of Manchester, and of Messrs.

Gott, of Leeds, in subsequent years.
Though Murdock had made the uses of gas-lighting perfectly clear, it was some time before it was proposed to light the streets by the new method.