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ACCOUNT OF LORD CHEDWORTH.
public into the enjoyment of the manifold benefits that
may be derived from it.
We cannot conclude this article without remarking,
that this new process of producing light, tends to ex-
plain phenomena, sometimes observed in coal mines. It
is generally known that the workmen in these mines are
frequently endangered by explosions and sudden inflam-
mations of the air in certain parts of the pit, caused by
the flame of a lighted candle. This is doubtless occa-
sioned by the inflammable vapour exhaled by the coals,
which is confined in those parts and cannot escape for
want of air. It must certainly be attributed to the same
cause, that coal-pits have been known to be on fire for
several years together. In this case we may presume,
that the gas, while it burns, continues by the heat to pro-
duce a fresh supply of the inflammable vapour, till the
whole of the surface of coal in the pit is exhausted, and
reduced to the state of coke, in the same manner as in
the experiment above described.
Account of Lord Chedworth ; together with an accurate
abstract of the Will of that eccentric Nobleman.
This remarkable character died at Ipswich, October 29,
1804. His eccentric life and the extraordinary disposi-
tion he has made of his vast property, have engaged a
considerable share of the public interest, and we are
confident that our readers will not be displeased with the
following particulars concerning him.
Lord Chedworth, Baron of Chedworth in Gloucester-
shire, was born August 22, 1754, and being the son of a
younger brother, was designed for the profession of the
law. He received the rudiments of his education at Win-
chester school, and upon leaving that seminary, pro-
secuted
ACCOUNT OF LORD CHEDWORTH.
public into the enjoyment of the manifold benefits that
may be derived from it.
We cannot conclude this article without remarking,
that this new process of producing light, tends to ex-
plain phenomena, sometimes observed in coal mines. It
is generally known that the workmen in these mines are
frequently endangered by explosions and sudden inflam-
mations of the air in certain parts of the pit, caused by
the flame of a lighted candle. This is doubtless occa-
sioned by the inflammable vapour exhaled by the coals,
which is confined in those parts and cannot escape for
want of air. It must certainly be attributed to the same
cause, that coal-pits have been known to be on fire for
several years together. In this case we may presume,
that the gas, while it burns, continues by the heat to pro-
duce a fresh supply of the inflammable vapour, till the
whole of the surface of coal in the pit is exhausted, and
reduced to the state of coke, in the same manner as in
the experiment above described.
Account of Lord Chedworth ; together with an accurate
abstract of the Will of that eccentric Nobleman.
This remarkable character died at Ipswich, October 29,
1804. His eccentric life and the extraordinary disposi-
tion he has made of his vast property, have engaged a
considerable share of the public interest, and we are
confident that our readers will not be displeased with the
following particulars concerning him.
Lord Chedworth, Baron of Chedworth in Gloucester-
shire, was born August 22, 1754, and being the son of a
younger brother, was designed for the profession of the
law. He received the rudiments of his education at Win-
chester school, and upon leaving that seminary, pro-
secuted