fme_897791 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Médaille, Compagnie Centrale d’éclairage par le gaz hydrogène
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Type : Médaille, Compagnie Centrale d’éclairage par le gaz hydrogène
Date: (1842-1845)
Date: 1852
Metal : silver
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,90 g.
Edge : lisse + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : corne d’abondance ARGENT
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Médaille à la patine hétérogène et présentant des traces d’un ancienne nettoyage. De fines rayures sont visibles dans les champs
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1839 - 1847 / 1852.
Obverse description : Plan d’une usine de production de gaz et ses réservoirs en coupe et en élévation.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIE CENTLE D’ECLGE - PAR LE GAZ HYDNE / GRANVILLE - MORLAIX - ST MALO - ST SERVAN - DIEPPE - FECAMP - HONFLEUR - PONTAUDEMER - PARIS - ALGER - ORAN - QUIMPER - CHARTRES - BERNAY.
Reverse description : Colonne rostrale à l’antique portant deux lampadaires.
Historical background
GAZ (LIGHTING...)
Natural gas had been known since antiquity, particularly in Persia, but it was not until the end of the 18th century that the idea of gas lighting appeared. The process did not spread until the first half of the 19th century, particularly from 1820. The gas used was obtained by distillation of coal and was used to light the streets and then the dwellings. It was later used as heating but disappeared for lighting due to the spread of electric lighting from 1880..
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