The first lamps and fireplaces
The light has a part of our lives for centuries. However, the lamp we use today, a relatively new creation. Long before the light bulb came on the scene, people were using torches to light their homes.
The first lamps
In the past, were lighting torches to people's homes. Soaked torches burning found in the fine pitch and create a bright light like a stone fireplace have.
If the playing field was not available, often something differentThis would not burn the wood for the coating of fat or tallow is the next election. This not only allows the torch will shine, but also burn more.
What was the reason? It was more of a torch in the field of burning a piece of wood used for lighting. This led to the idea that only the pitch or tallow can be used.
So the people decided, therefore, the pitch or tallow in a stone Cup and then set on fire. In addition to removal of woodcomplete these early lamps burned much longer than a turn on the light pole.
The solution to the problem of soot
Once you understand how people have light for a long time without the wood, there was another problem - the lights smoked terribly, at least as bad Go as a fireplace surround.
What caused the smoke? Something was not completely burned. If an element is burned, burning one side and the rest goes up like smoke. The smoke was not a wood oven, butInstead of scrap bits of carbon.
Fire needs air. In order to burn wood or other materials are clean, the amount of air is regulated. Not enough air and the wood does not burn.
Too much air and fire exits. Soot in lamps is made of any material is on fire. If a lamp, as it is to be curtailed, not to smoke.
Create Wicks
primitive lamp does not burn clean. Consumes too much oil at a time was leftSoot. In order to slow burning, the wick was invented.
Wicks were created a number of issues, all pipes, alloy oil absorbed. This allowed the oil to burn slowly, holding the smoke to a minimum.
The first devices with wicks were made simply peel oil with a wick in the center. vegetable oil was widely used, has led the East to Europe, as many designs stone fireplace.
The solution of the problem Wick
A problem with theWick who was burned over time, so any person, remove it. To make this easier, a new lamp is designed with a spout that the wick was inserted. It looked much like a teapot, though a few meters, the lamps themselves.
The multi-layer beam lamps were then chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, hung with a bowl in their midst, so that the drops of oil. All she had to do was to keep the lights on, with freshOil and wicks, if necessary.








