A return shows that the lamp accidents- in London have averaged 220 a year since 1890, the total deaths in that period being 213. One-sisth of the whole was caused by the penny glass lamps. The human system can endure heat of 212de", the boiling point of water, because ° the, skin is a bad conductor, and because the perspiration cools the body. Men have withstood without injury a .heat of 200 deg for several minutes.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11558, 20 April 1898, Page 6
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75Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11558, 20 April 1898, Page 6
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