Evening star. [volume], June 28, 1931, Image 108

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HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY -> The Story of Fire—Part X By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD
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At the beginning
C«TV STQEETS AT NIGHT WERE ONLY
DIMLV LIGHTED HEQE AND TMER&
BV FLICKERING WHALE OIL LAMPS
AMF cample LANTERNS
Others PROTESTER THAT THE NEW
illumination was contrary To the
DARKNESS 1
DARKNESS.
Gas stoves for cooking first
appeared as early as 1835 T,
BLTT WERE not WIDELY USED
UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF THE-
19™ CENTURY . - —
London began to use gas for.
STREET LIGHTING IN 1807. Paris
FOLLOW E> SUIT IN 182.0. THE FIRST
GAS C A
SENSATION.
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For MANY YEARS THE LAMP
LIGHTER WITH ladder and
TAPER, MAKING H.S ROUNDS AT
THE CLOSE OP DAY WAS A FAMILIAR
SIQHT. .........
Puring the last twenty-five vears
electricity has taken the place-
OF GAS FOR LIGHTING , BUT QAS
STILL HOLDS ITS OWN FOR COOKING.
(Copyright, 1931, by J. Carroll Mansfield)
Baltimore was the first
crry |M UMIT gD STATES to
1 .amt ITS STREETS uuiTU GAS
, Alu(D< t - *
lamps, xoio.
Before 18G5* THE ONLY HOUSES
illuminated with gas were public
BUIL>INGS,CHURCHES,THEAtRES,HOTEI.S
STORES AMD THE HOMES OF THE RICH.
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About two-thirds of all the
?ookimg!tne used
f©R INDUSTRIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
PURPOSES.ONLY ONE PERCENT IS
USED FOR ILLUMINATION
p ICjiNGpQM of Afghanistan,
A MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY LOCATED
IN “THE HEART OF ASIA, BouNt>E>
BY INDIA (E), BALUCHISTAN (S),
Persia(w),Russia awj> Bokhara (n).
AREA-245',000 SQUARE-MILES.
POPULATION - 6,330,500
Capital - Kabul (pop 150,006)
CwiEF PRODUCTS ~SHEEf> GRAIN ,F*urrS,NUTS,
-AFGWAW/STAU NAS NO RAILROADS
AND WO BARKS . ALL TRANSPORTATION IS j
BV CAMELS AND PONIES j
Strange to say,there was much
opposition to the adoption of
GAS STREET LAMPS. SOME PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT BRIGHTLY-LIGHTE>
STREETS WOULDENCOURAGECRIMEr.
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TwE TREMENDOUS INCREASE IMThE USE
OF GAS FOR COOKING AND LIGHTING WAS
DuETOTME IHVEUTION OP THE
® UVJ , EW BUIE FLAME BURNER. (1055) And
THE WELSBACN INCANDESCENT MANUE(IB9Q
For many vears vast Qua nti
t,es of KATLjRAL WERE
WASTED, BUT TODAY THE SUPPLY
*$ CAREFULLY CONSERVED.
> To BE- CONTIUUCP-*