Historedia
Person

William Murdoch

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1792–1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name William Murdoch, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. William Murdoch's Gas Lighting Experiments

    1792–1794

    Role: Inventor and Engineer

    1. 1792 · Redruth, CornwallInitial Gas Lighting Experiments

      Murdoch began experimenting with gas derived from heating coal for lighting purposes in Redruth, Cornwall, in 1792.

    2. 1794 · Redruth, CornwallRetort and Piping Development

      By 1794, Murdoch used a small retort and iron tubes to produce and pipe coal gas for lighting.

Sources

  1. William Murdoch Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29