The Internationalisation of the British Gas Industry in Latin Europe in the Nineteenth Century.

Abstract

This study addresses the strategy followed by different English entrepreneurs to develop the gas industry in several countries of Latin Europe during the nineteenth century. Specifically, it analyses different cases, such as the projects to implement the gas industry of Aaron Manby and Daniel Wilson in France, John Grafton and Edmund Goldsmith in Italy, and Edward Oliver Manby and William Partington Hurts in Spain, among others.