George Dixon (Cockfield Canal)
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George Dixon (Cockfield Canal)
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George Robertus Dixon, was a chemist, mathematician, engraver, china-painter, engineer, geologist and coal mine operator, who helped pioneer the use of coal gas in heating and gas lighting - one of his gas experiments leading to the destruction of his own house. Dixon was one of the seven children of Mary Hunter of Newcastle and her husband, Sir George Fenwick Dixon, an affluent coal-mine owner. Dixon was also the elder brother of Jeremiah Dixon, who helped survey the Mason-Dixon line in the Uni
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