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Title: Domestic Meters
Author: Robert Iieffernan
Source: 1965 Southwestern Gas Measurement Short Course (Now called ISHM)
Year Published: 1965
Abstract: Mans rather unusual first use of gas is thought to have taken place long before the Christian Era. In the region of the Caspian Sea, natural gas bubbling up through springs of water was ignited to form the eternal fires that were worshipped as gods. There are also records that indicate the Chinese used natural gas transported by bamboo pipes for illuminating purposes and for evaporating brine to obtain salt more than 1,000 years ago. The knowledge and use of gas by the Western world however, is limited to comparatively modern times. A number of experiments and investigations of the properties of gas, both manufactured and natural, were made from the early 1600s until 1802 when gas distilled from coal, was first used on a large scale for illumination at a public demonstration. This took place in England. In 1812, the first gas utility company had been formed, also in England, and was producing gas in sufficient quantities to be used commercially. By 1823, several types of gas meters had been invented, the circular type of holder was used and consumption was in excess of 400,000,000 cubic feet per year

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