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IN early times but a small fraction of our forefathers' lives was spent under artificial light. They rose with the sun and lay down to rest shortly after sunset. During the long winter evenings they sat round the fire telling stories and singing songs of love and war; the fire-light was sufficient for them, except occasionally during grand feasts and carousals, when their halls were lighted by pine-wood torches or blazing cressets. But, as a rule, after sunset they lived in semi-darkness.
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Artificial Lighting 1 . Nature 30, 281–283 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030281a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/030281a0