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Municipal lighting

Here are entered works on city, town, borough, or village lighting. Works on the lighting of an individual city or town are entered under the heading Lighting with local subdivision.

See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.

• Lighting
• Municipal engineering
• Cities and towns

• Lighting, Architectural and decorative

• Cities and towns -- Lighting
• City lighting
• Metropolitan lighting
• Public lighting

• The Lighting of a Great Museum (Hackensack, NJ: American Lighting Corp., c1960), by I. D. Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums, 1798-1898 (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2019), ed. by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi and Katherine Manthorne (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums, 1798-1898 (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2019), ed. by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi and Katherine Manthorne (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Lighting Journal (full serial archives)

• American Gas Journal (partial serial archives)

• The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday (HTML at Fordham)
• A Technical Treatise on Soap and Candles, With a Glance at the Industry of Fats and Oils (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1881), by R. S. Cristiani (PDF and zipped uncorrected OCR files at rawlaw.org)

• Candles in the Roman Rite (third edition; Baltimore: A. Gross Candle Co., 1937), by Edwin Ryan, illust. by James R. Howard (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Lighting Pattern Book for Homes (online edition, 2007), by Russell P. Leslie and Kathryn M. Conway (PDF files with commentary at RPI)

• A Warning from the Edison Electric Light Co. (New York, ca. 1887), by Edison Electric Light Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Warning from the Edison Electric Light Co. (New York, ca. 1887), by Edison Electric Light Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight: or, On the Border for Uncle Sam, by Victor Appleton
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at durendal.org

• Lampen aus Vindonissa: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte von Vindonissa und des Antiken Beleuchtungswesens (in German; Zürich: In Kommission bei Beer & cie., et al., 1919), by Siegfried Loeschcke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Greek Lamps and Their Survivals (Athenian Agora series, v4; Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1958), by Richard Hubbard Howland (PDF in Greece)

• Lamps from the Athenian Agora (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1963), by Judith Perlzweig, illust. by Alison Frantz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period (Athenian Agora series, v6: Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1961), by Clairève Grandjouan (PDF in Greece)

• Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period (Athenian Agora series, v6: Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1961), by Clairève Grandjouan (PDF in Greece)

• Lamps of the Roman Period: First to Seventh Century After Christ (Athenian Agora series, v7: Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1961), by Judith Perlzweig (PDF in Greece)

• Report on Use of Acetylene Gas by the Canadian Government as an Illuminant for Aids to Navigation (Washington: GPO, 1907), by Albert Ross (multiple formats at Google)

• Antieke Terra-Cotta Lampen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden (in Dutch; Leiden: L. v. Nifterik Hzn., 1913), by Johanna Brants (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Electric Arc (New York: D. van Nostrand Co.; London: "The Electrician", ca. 1902), by Hertha Ayrton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Experiments With Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency (1892), by Nikola Tesla (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Terracotta Lamps (Corinth series v4 part 2; Cambridge, MA: American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Harvard University Press, 1930), by Oscar Broneer (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Lighting of a Great Museum (Hackensack, NJ: American Lighting Corp., c1960), by I. D. Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Lighting Pattern Book for Homes (online edition, 2007), by Russell P. Leslie and Kathryn M. Conway (PDF files with commentary at RPI)

• Experiments on Mr. Babbage's Method of Distinguishing Light-Houses; First Report on Oils; Report on Fog-Signals by Steam (3 reports in 1 volume; Washington: GPO, 1861), by J. H. Alexander (multiple formats at Google)
• Papers on the Comparative Merits of the Catoptric and Dioptric or Catadioptric Systems of Light House Illumination, and Other Subjects Relating to Aids to Navigation (Washington: GPO, 1861) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Course of Six Lectures on the Various Forces of Matter, and Their Relation to Each Other, by Michael Faraday (HTML at Fordham)
• Report on Light-House Construction and Illumination (Chennai: Superintendent, Government Press, 1895), by F. W. Ashpitel
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google

• Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering (2010), ed. by Armando Carlos de Pina Filho and Alioisio Carols de Pina (PDF files at intechopen.com)

• Notes (Municipal Reference and Research Center, New York) (partial serial archives)

• Municipal and County Engineering (full serial archives)
• Municipal Engineering (1896-1918) (full serial archives)
• Paving and Municipal Engineering (full serial archives)

• Mexico City's Water Supply: Improving the Outlook for Sustainability (1995), by National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities (1997), by National Research Council Committee on Small Water Supply Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Drought Management and Its Impact on Public Water Systems, by Colloquium on Drought Management and its Impact on Public Water Systems (page images at NAP)

• The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns, by Henry Charles Adams (Gutenberg text)

• Waterworks in the Athenian Agora (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1968), by Mabel L. Lang (page images at Google)

• Dignity and Rights of the Sewerage and Allied Workers (New Delhi: Human Rights Law Network, 2011), ed. by Sarita Bhoi, contrib. by India Supreme Court (PDF at hrln.org)

• On the Banks of the Gaṅgā: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2002), by Kelly D. Alley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Municipal and County Engineering (full serial archives)
• Municipal Engineering (1896-1918) (full serial archives)
• Paving and Municipal Engineering (full serial archives)

• Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices (2002), by National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (third edition, c2005), by Joseph C. Jenkins (PDF files with commentary at jenkinspublishing.com)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (second edition, c1999), by Joseph C. Jenkins (illustrated HTML at weblife.org)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (first edition, c1994), by Joseph C. Jenkins
  • illustrated HTML at webpal.org
  • PDF at webpal.org

• The Hidden Dangers of Urban Stormwater (ca. 1977), by United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Program Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hidden Dangers of Urban Stormwater (ca. 1977), by United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Program Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.