A heritage of light : lamps and lighting in the early Canadian home /
"The nineteenth century opened in the flickering 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. Lois Rus...
| Основен автор: | Russell, Loris S. 1904-1998. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
RICH: Reprints in Canadian History.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=467873 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Heritage of light. |
Съдържание:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1 From Splint to Candle""; ""2 Lighting the Lamp""; ""3 Grease in the Pan""; ""4 When Whale Oil Was King""; ""5 Those Deadly Burning Fluids""; ""6 Lard Becomes Respectable""; ""7 The Coming of Kerosene""; ""8 Those New-Fangled Lamps""; ""9 Everybody Used Kerosene""; ""10 Swan Song of the Kerosene Lamp""; ""11 Light the Gas""; ""12 Thank You, Mr. Edison""; ""Epilogue""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""
- ""S""""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""