but the first modern kerosene lamp was constructed in 1853 in Poland. These lamps were widely used in rural America in the 1930s. Here, a 1939 migrant worker lights a lamp using a campfire flame.

One of the things we most take for granted in the modern world is clean and easy ... and are instead forced to turn to kerosene lanterns. Although a candle-lit dinner is considered a romantic ...

Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882): Invented the modern kerosene lamp and built the world’s first oil refinery. Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934): Conducted pioneering research on radioactivity ...

British charity SolarAid is attempting to make a difference by replacing kerosene lanterns across the continent with modern solar powered lighting. Its founder and chair, Jeremy Leggett ...

but the Little Sun are actually 90% cheaper than the equivalent cost of running a kerosene lamp for three years. While visitors to the Tate Modern will be able to gain a new perspective on the ...

Incandescent gas mantle lanterns work by using kerosene as a fuel to light a mantle ... Chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach is the father of modern gas mantles, experimenting with several mixtures ...

An Indian social enterprise start-up is helping people living in urban slums to use clean energy by changing their kerosene lamps for solar lanterns and wood fires ... poverty” - a lack of access to ...