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Show 1833 Sa regress cf a Century 1933j IN 1791 MURDOCK FIRST USED GAS FOR LIGHTING AND THE ' OLD OIL LAMPS IN THE CITY 3TRCETS AND HOMES WERE -GRADUALLY DISPLACED BY GAS LIGHT. THt COUNTRY HOME HAD ONLY OIL LAMP OR CANDLELIGHT. MANY OF OUR GRANDMOTHERS HAD THEIR OWN CANDLE-MOULDS-OTHERS PLACED A FLANNEL RAG . IN A SAUCER OF GREASE. AND u&mso n FOR A LAMP. NNv' ,Ar, Stf?.! , . ' 1 1 t Cill j; I THE KE.tCSENZ I " " .' V.V CD I AFTER IBS3, VtAi A ( ,5.-T IMPROVEMENT OVER LAMPS PREVIOUSLY USED. THE WILSBACH INCANDESCENT OAS MANTLE WAS INVENTED IN 188!'. THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT JYAS INVENTED IN 173. TODAY, BY SIMPLY TOUCHING A BUTTON, A ROOM OR. CITY CAN BE FLOODED mSTAJlTLY i WITH LI6HT- ' |