Bray gas lantern
- Made:
- circa 1930 in Leeds
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Pendant gas lantern, made by George Bray and Company, Leeds, c.1930.
George Bray and Company was originally founded in 1863 as gas meter and stove manufacturers, and became a private company in 1903. The business specialised in low cost, efficient gas burners for street lamps (for local authorities in the North of England) and large gas lamps for railways, docks and piers.
Bray experimented with ways to improve the quality of gas burners. He solved the problem of gas light flickering by inventing a brass, flat flame burner with a porcelain tip which could be produced at low cost for the mass market.
Details
- Category:
- Gas Industry
- Object Number:
- Y1991.128
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 570 mm x 170 mm x 170 mm,
- type:
- gas lamp
- credit:
- Gift of Ms. M. Taubman
