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1966TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, GENERAL
SHOWS HOW MAN FIRST USED ILLUMINATION AND HOW HE HAS DEVELOPED AND IMPROVED IT TO ITS PRESENT FORMS. EXPLAINS THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF LAMPS AND CANDLES, SURVEYS MAJOR DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS RELATED TO ILLUMINATION AND REVIEWS THE WORK OF SEVERAL SCIENTISTS.

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RECREATION OF CAVE MAN MAKING LIGHT. CU GOOP BEING POURED INTO STONE. ANIMAL FAT POURED INTO A HOLLOW STONE. ADDS A PIECE OF MOSS, LIT WITH FLAMING STICK.
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GIRL LIGHTS OIL LAMP. DIFFERENT HISTORIC LAMPS.
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MEDIEVAL LAMP, WICKS. FLAME APPLIED TO THE WICK FIRE.
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15TH AND 16TH CENTURY RUSH LIGHT
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PROCESS OF PREPARING A RUSH LAMP. SOAKING THE SPONGY PIT OF A RUSH PLANT IN COMMON KITCHEN GREASE. LETS IT HARDEN, PRIMITIVE CANDLE
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17TH CENTURY CANDLE, LIGHTS WITH STICK
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17TH CENTURY LAMP. COLONIAL FUEL.
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EARLY OIL LAMP
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AIME ARGAND'S OIL LAMP IMPROVEMENTS, TUBULAR WICK, OPENING AT THE BOTTOM, GLASS CHIMNEY, 1783.
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OIL WELL.
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KEROSENE LAMP, WASH BASIN.
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MAN LIGHTS GAS LAMP IN VICTORIAN HOME.
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SCIENTIST BURNING SOME SORT OF POWDER. METALLIC OXIDE.
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1887, CARL VON WELSBACK'S GAS MANTLE.
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EARLY LIGHT BULB. 1879. EDISON'S LIGHT BULB.
FILAMENT.
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IMPROVED LIGHT BULB WITH TUNGSTEN FILAMENT 1914
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MODERN INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB
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ILLUSTRATION OF HOW LUMINESCENT LIGHT WORKS ELECTRODES, SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.
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NEON SIGN "BEAUTY SALON"
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STREET LIGHTS.
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FLORESCENT BULB. MAN INSTALLING FLORESCENT BULBS.
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WORKSHOP. FLAT PANEL ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE ELECTROLUMINESCENT LAMP
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TALL BUILDING.
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CITY LIT UP AT NIGHT.
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