Why do hurricane lanterns look like that?
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Kerosene lamps are widely used for lighting in rural areas of Africa and Asia, where electricity is not distributed or is too costly. As of 2005, kerosene and other fuel-based illumination methods consume an estimated 77 billion litres of fuel per year, equivalent to 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. This is comparable to annual U.S. jet-fuel consumption of 76 billion litres per year. - Wikipedia
How the gas mantle made lamps 10X brighter
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The book he mentions, Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century, sounds like it might be interesting. You can get a paperback copy from Barnes & Noble for $30, or if you have money to burn you can get a hardback copy from Amazon for $900. Are you kidding me? Who shells out that kind of money just to get the hardback version? All I can say is that the world is full of strange and wondrous things.
He recommends a video about limelight, but I like this one better.
The Lime Light
Jonathan Bastow
Good stuff. Thanks for posting. Ohio Guy
ReplyDeleteDamn, I just figured out why the guy with the lanterns is so annoying... he's mansplaining.
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