Show r Lighting in Ancient Ancie t Days w. w w. w Clay Lamps Used in 1600 BC B.C. B. B C. C TONE and clay were used to make I S STONE lamps In Crete about 1600 B B. C C. These were low and open with two I diametrical depressions cut Into the I broad rim to afford a rest for tho the I of or a floating wick They were portable but many had a high foot toot so that the lamp could rest on the floor or be set upon a table Certain characteristics mark all tho the thom m mOst st ancient lamps They had this open shallow bowl bow with a broad brood rim which Is 13 frequently grooved they had two diametrical diametrical diametrical depressions for tor wick rests They had two diametrical ears ear depending from the rim placed p distant equi-distant from the tho wick rests The lamp might be picked upu and tarried Carried by these ears ears' If It It did not have havo a stand I They burned oil but not the kerosene as we know it It was always some vegetable oil usually of ot a pleasant atoma oma In Crete in Greece and in Rome with a awick awick awick wick floating In It and it gave no very good light Sometimes the wicks of these very ancient lamps were no larger than thana a piece of cotton thread at other times they were as large and larger than the lamp wicks used In mo modern ern lamps The open form torm or saucer lamp tamp is thought to be of ot Semitic origin The Gr Greeks and Romans developed this form carefully and In time It was a covered lamp except for a small air hole with figures on top and much carving It became became became be be- came indeed an excellent and handsome ornament Candles are not quite as old as lamps but they were wee known to the ancient Romans and the use of ot candles in inthe tho the early C Christian church proves that candles were a familiar commodity In Inthe tho the fifteenth century wax became cheaper cheap cheap- er because there was more of ot It to be had and candles superseded lamps in houses and churches Candles could be bought or they might be made at home and sliver silver and gold smiths made such beautiful and wonderful that no one wanted to use lamps any more Besides Beside the candle did not smoke as much as the lamps had B Bj By the time our forefathers came to America everybody used candles |