Accum, FRIEDRICH, born in Westphalia in 1769, came to London in 1803. He is known in this country chiefly on account of his Practical Treatise on Gas-light, and other chemical works. He greatly promoted the introduction of gas-lighting. In 1822 he became a professor in a technical institute in Berlin, where he died in 1838.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 33
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