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An advertisement for an electric gas lighter which appeared in W Hole, The Distribution of Gas (1912). Previously, gas lights had to be lit by hand using a naked flame.
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An advertisement for an electric gas lighter which appeared in W Hole, The Distribution of Gas (1912). Previously, gas lights had to be lit by hand using a naked flame.
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