Gas light burners Finish:Rolled A lady who has taken

A lady who has taken advantage of Female Suffrage is on her feet in a manly stance in the House of Commons

c1874-1914

Like a Colossus

economy and utmost simplicity

The man is sharpening an item on his grinder which he is operating by foot

Gas light burners Finish:Rolled A lady who has takenPlate 3 from the Bakerian Lecture paper 'On the composition and analysis of the imflammable gaseous compounds resulting from the destructive distillation of coal and oil, with some remarks on their relative heating and illuminating powers', by William Thomas Brande, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 110 (1820), pp. 11 28. Three figures showing an Argand burner (figures 1 and 2) and a rose burner (figure 3). Signed lower left 'Wm.