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How Man Made Day

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How Man Made Day traces humanity’s development of artificial illumination, from fire, oil-soaked wicks, candles, and lanterns to eighteenth-century street lighting in Paris and London. It explains combustion improvements that brightened lamps, then examines heat and light produced by heated iron and arc welding before turning to incandescent bulbs and efforts to produce more light with less heat.

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Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: How Man Made Day
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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