Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 535
ire in thecave or in the wigwamand kept burning forpurposes of illumina-tion. A burning stickwas the first lamp (Fig.2). The first improve-ment in the torch wasmade when slivers orsplinters of resinous oroily wood were tiedtogether and burned.We may regard this asa lamp which is allwick. This… … FIG. 2. A BURNING STICKWAS THE FIRST LAMP. Stories of Useful Inventions 523 was something like a candle, only the wick(the leaves) was outside, and the oily sub-stance which fed the wick was in thecenter. In the course of time it was discoveredthat it was better to smear the grease onthe outside of…
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