Sunday, October 17, 2010

What Did They Use Before? Lanterns?

The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
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2 comments:

  1. the dogs' motherOctober 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    A really, really big candle!

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  2. That HankOctober 18, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    A big flame, concentrated by mirrors and lenses. In the 1800s they used mostly whale oil, then lard oil, then kerosene, and then electricity.

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