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Watch live as emergency services respond to the scene of an explosion in Paris on Wednesday, 21 June. Local French media reported that the blast, on rue Saint-Jacques in the fifth arrondissement ...
Two people are missing and four are in critical condition after dozens were injured in a powerful explosion in a building in central Paris.. The explosion at around 4:55pm local time yesterday at ...
A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital's monuments and prompting an ...
Gas lighting in the historical center of Wrocław, Poland, is manually turned off and on daily.. Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas.
Frederick Albert Winsor, originally Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (1763 in Braunschweig, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – 11 May 1830 in Paris) was a German inventor, one of the pioneers of gas lighting in the UK and France. Winsor went to Britain before 1799 and became interested in the technology and economics of fuels.
He installed gas lighting in 1823 and in the following year, with the permission of the duchesse de Berry, the theatre was granted the title of théâtre de Madame. Closed for renovation in 1830, the theatre reopened after the July Revolution under the name Gymnase Dramatique .
Police fired tear gas at protestors in Paris as thousands marched against president Emmanuel Macron's policy to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Footage shows clashes between protesters and ...
1876 Pavel Yablochkov invents the Yablochkov candle, the first practical carbon arc lamp, for public street lighting in Paris. 1879 (About Christmas time) Col. R. E. Crompton illuminated his home in Porchester Gardens, using a primary battery of Grove Cells, then a generator which was better. He gave special parties and illuminated his drawing ...