An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term of years, the exclusive right of lighting up London. He undertook, for a moderate consideration, to place a light before every tenth door, on moonless nights,... Edward Colston, the Philanthropist, His Life and Times: Including a Memoir ... - Page 231by Thomas Garrard - 1852 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ellis (Firm) - 1728 - 114 pages
...letters patent, about 1684, for the exclusive right of lighting London for five years, and undertook to place a light before every tenth door on moonless nights from Michaelmas to Lady-day. He relates the story of his troubles in this rare pamphlet, and complains of " one Mr. Vernatti, who... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 560 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round, from... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round, from... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 884 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round, from... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 850 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heining, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term...light before every tenth door, on moonless nights, fiom Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1850 - 552 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent, conveying to him, for a term...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round, from... | |
| Josiah Crampton - 1853 - 140 pages
...body of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector, named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent, conveying to him, for a term...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round, from... | |
| James Birchall - Great Britain - 1861 - 760 pages
...however, an ingenious projector, named pint Edward Heming, obtained a patent conveying to him Lrado°ifof the exclusive right of lighting up London. He undertook,...tenth door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day, and from six to twelve o'clock. Politics had now become an important element in the common... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1861 - 1052 pages
...window« shortly alter the Restoration. years, the exclusive right of lighting up London. He umlertook, for a moderate consideration, to place a light before every tenth door, on moonless night?, from Michaelmas to I-;uly Day, and from six to twelve of the clock. Those who now see the capital... | |
| Christian literature for children - 982 pages
...change took place in the last year of the reign of Charles. An ingenious projector named Edward Heming, obtained letters patent conveying to him, for a term...door, on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady-day, and from six to twelve o'clock. Those who now see the capital all the year round from dusk to dawn... | |
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