39
Automobiles, 238
Babylon, 39
Bacteria: effect of artificial light upon, 272 _et seq._; 281, 282
Bailey, Prof. L. H., 250
Baltimore, 98
Bamboo: carbon filaments, 169
Bartholdi, 302, 303
Beacons. _See_ Lighthouses.
Beck, 186
Beecher, 72
Beeswax, 35, 51
Benzene, 106
Bible, cited on importance of artificial light, 42-44
"Bluebird, The," Maeterlinck, 9
Blue-prints, 261
Bollman, 98
Bolton, von, 132, 133
Bombs, illuminating, 182 _et seq._
Boston Light, 164, 165, 166, 177
Bowditch, production of regenerative lamp by, 78, 79
Boy Scouts, 17
Bremer, 120
Bristol University, 252
Brush, 68, 159
Building, 8
Bunsen, 81, 85, 89, 148, 149
Bureau of Mines: cited on open flames, 234; 236
Burning-glasses, 19, 20.
_See also_ Lenses.
Butylene, 106
Byzantium, 34
Caesar, 163
Canada, 254
Candle-hour, defined, 215
Candles: progress and, 7; 25, 28, 29, 30, 33;
religious uses of, 34, 35;
as a modern light-source, 36, 37;
ceremonial uses of, 38 _et seq._; 44, 48, 57, 82, 97, 222, 299, 304
Calcium, 107, 108
Carbolic acid, 106
Carbon: 53, 80, 81;
physical characteristics of, 80, 81; 90, 104, 105, 128, 129, 144, 170
Carbon filament: 127 _et seq._;
preparation of, 129, 130, 131;
luminous efficiency of, 131, 132;
lamps, 161;
lamps in greenhouses, 250 _et seq._
Carbons, formation of, 115, 116
Carbureted hydrogen, 75
Carcel, invention of clockwork lamp by, 54, 55
Cat-gut, 130
Ceria, 85, 101
Charleston, S. C., 185
Charcoal: 113;
uses of, for electrodes, 115
Chartered Gas Light and Coke Co., London, 74
Chemistry: artificial light and, 256-268
Chicago, 62, 304, 305
Chimneys, 54, 60, 62
China, 19, 31, 32
Chlorate of potash, 22
Christ, 33, 46, 47
Christians, "children of light," 42
Christmas trees, 43, 304
Chromium, 294
Church of England, 49
Cities: economy of artificial lighting in congested, 13
Civilization: effect of artificial light upon, 4 _et seq._;
fire and, 15
Clark, Parker and, 139
Clayton, Dr.: invention of portable gas-light by, 64;
quoted, 64, 65;
experiments of, with coal-gas, 67
Claude, 147
Cleaves, Dr., quoted, 276, 277
Clegg, Samuel: 74;
gas-lighting accomplishments of, 75, 76
Cleveland, 159
"Clouds, The," Aristophanes, 19
Coal: 32;
as a light-source, 55;
supply, 223; 228
Coal-gas: 63 _et seq._;
public lighting by, developed, 7
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