Having observed the superior power of illumination of a ball of dried
moss soaked in candle wax burnt on a shell sea compared with an
ordinary wax taper underground I wondered why early metal miners and
colliers (in the absence of methane)would have persisted with an such
inferior technology as the candle. a small handful of dried moss about
tennis ball size burns for one hour.
Was this method used and has any one found evidence of burnt shells or
burnt pottery underground?
Regards
Catherine Mills
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Dr. Catherine Mills
Research Fellow
Centre for Medical History
School of Historical Political
and Sociological Studies
University of Exeter
01392 263286
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