A Heritage of Light
The nineteenth century opened in the flicker of tallow candles and closed in the glare of Edison''s electric lamp. Between those two events inventors and manufacturers developed a wonderful assortment of progressively more efficient lighting devices, burning a variety of fuels. Loris Russell records with scientific attention to detail – backed up by more than 200 illustrations – how these lamps we...
The nineteenth century opened in the flicker of tallow candles and closed in the glare of Edison''s electric lamp. Between those two events inventors and manufacturers developed a wonderful assortment of progressively more efficient lighting devices, burning a variety of fuels. Loris Russell records with scientific attention to detail – backed up by more than 200 illustrations – how these lamps we...
