A Heritage of Light: Lamps and Lighting in the Early Canadian Home

$35.00 CAD

pp. 344, b/w illustrations and photographs, ” The nineteenth century opened in the flicker 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. Loris Russell records with scientific attention to detail – backed up by more than 200 illustrations – how these lamps were made and used. His text is interspersed with accounts of his own experiments with the fuels and mechanisms of earlier generations.”

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ISBN 802015301
Published Date 1968
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Sl/worn and Chipped
Binding Hb
Size Square 8vo
Edition First Edition
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pp. 344, b/w illustrations and photographs, ” The nineteenth century opened in the flicker 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. Loris Russell records with scientific attention to detail – backed up by more than 200 illustrations – how these lamps were made and used. His text is interspersed with accounts of his own experiments with the fuels and mechanisms of earlier generations.”

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Weight 0.85 kg