Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-16
ILLUMINATION DEVELOPING
Man Depended Upon Moon
Stars Before He had Fird
Light Emitted by Eirchy Cheapest
Most Economical Form Known
MsB-First Torch Made hy
Indians.

before we had light, and before gas
our fathers and GRANDPA theirs stru
along with Kerosene lamps, which Sc
to them big improvement over tho
dies of their fathers. Taking It by
large, We are pretty fortunate, iivii
such an advanced al &c. but 1t was NJ
ways so, as the development of ilur
ton will show--our forebears deser
great deal of Crcdi: for their imp
ments in artificial light
\ series of curious and aoparently
connected objects displayed in ca
the new building Of the National MI
AZ Washington. D. g., Illustrate tine
cinating story Of liShts and DR.. w
Hough, curator in charge can tell
moro concerning this interesting 81
CHANGING into the case before readiul
labels one IS apt to Wonder what it
about; there is an cgC-sha ped G
punched full OF holes with a small
in the top, dried UP bird. 4 tinv
stuck into n forkeG stick. hund
sAlts, some odd stone and earther
dishes, roll of birch bark, waxed
and several old candles and lamps
as the labels are read 2 connected
begins to unfold
We can tell but little concerning
man did for light before he first
camp fires. because no remains Of
have been discovered autedating the
of fire, but he proba bly, relied upor|
moon and stars to A great extent,
may have been benefited i'm his noct,
work by heat lightning and polar
or by certain plants and animals
emit phosphorescent light. We know.
/ freflies were used under the last div
and that this Ia still done in certa in q
tries. for example. Siam and Brazil II
the large and most brilliant species 81
F1REFLIES CHEAPEST LtGH-j
| Prof Samuel P Langley, late secr4
: of the Smithsonian, found by his|
searches that the light emitted byI
FREELY was the cheapest and most
nomical form of light known to
Gould We but solve the secret of It's
duction We would have brilliantly
minated world a. scarcely any exu|
! whatever.
/ The first object in the National Mud
series. described above, is a perforI
cocoanut shell which when we'll stoI
with fireflies makes a very good lant
/ This is the only form Of natural
( known to have been employed by n
I probably At about the same time he
discovered that his camp fire was j
able. or that burning brand migh|
taken therefrom TO light him on his
BODIES of fat birds and FISH. such a 4
stormy petrol and the candle fish incl
in the series. were also burned for II
in the Orkney islands and in Ala ska
spectively
Then came the forerurner Of the I'd
including the rolled birch bark, used
the Ironuois Indians. and snlit fad
knots from Virginia. The true torch
first made by the southern Indians.
used bundles Of splinters Of fat-pine kI
while the Nalavs manufactured a h
If dammar gum. A resinous substs
wrapping 1t in pain leaves. More ca,
like lights followed developed in the
die ages of Europeans who soaked .
of rope in resin and saturated cords
fiaers with grease or wax. The nrin,
candle Of England was rush soakt
melted fat. In Mongolia and india A
of grease was burned on the end
splint or stick. BY these steps. II is
that man was beginning TO applv hi
lflullN = n ltl nd INK InNll1 1ld1
could he had. and n realize their II
In England a nlan was evolved vhe
cord saturated with wan or fat
coiled about a vertical stick which
supported an iron holder for the end .
Nick-like cord Dipped candles wit
cotton wick soon rut in their appear
in the United States. followed nv mo,
candles Some recent examples of ,,t
ed candles Of stearine. parafin. and
are shown in the museum, collectio
number Of them artisticallv decorate
mike the pe1shanle early candles
"'ores' '''''PS VI many forms nave
Wv ~ io' our droneoioslS, - STUDY
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N'AS AND fI'r-I XII Il''H :
Goa gas illumination Was cvoll 81
Sd2 hut II was not until 9luijt lSSi n
was brought 10 Z high STATE ~ ef1io
by the Welshach mantle. ana fcrthe
veloped by the inverted a1rgc. s;jt
Use OF pressure gas
IA the age of electrical ..uWiua'io'
first light was an are made h. Sir !
phrv Day between lI"'-llr>. hu. 81.