At 21:16 18/01/2014, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I am in the process of looking through a series of early 19th century
>colliery accounts. From these it would appear that the main lighting
>within the mine was with whale oil in lamps.
Would the use of whale oil in colliery lighting perhaps just be
reflecting its use in domestic lighting, ie. it was readily available
in the locality?
Peter
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