Leslie Tomory. Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780–1820. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. xii + 348 pp. ISBN 978-0-01675-9, $28.00 (cloth).

Robert Friedel

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Leslie Tomory. Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780–1820. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. xii + 348 pp. ISBN 978-0-01675-9, $28.00 (cloth).

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Information: Enterprise & Society , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 877 - 879

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Leslie Tomory. Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780–1820. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. xii + 348 pp. ISBN 978-0-01675-9, $28.00 (cloth).

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