Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
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98 PETER PARLEY'S<br />
no fewer than sixty thousand lamps employed<br />
in the devices !<br />
" The Admiralty, Somerset House, and the<br />
Horse Guards, shared, with the Ordnance<br />
Office, the attention of the evening. The<br />
former displayed a magnificent imperial crown<br />
surmounting an anchor, with the union flag<br />
on each side in coloured lamps. It had also<br />
'<br />
an inscription,<br />
God save the Queen.'<br />
" Somerset House,<br />
in which are several<br />
of the public offices, excited a good<br />
deal of<br />
attention from a novelty in the art of illumination.<br />
Instead of being lighted up with<br />
oil, the coloured lamps were illuminated with<br />
gas, which added greatly <strong>to</strong> their brilliancy<br />
and effect. The Horse Guards was, also, lit
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