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Re: which vegetable oil was cultivated for lamp fuel?
Peter Rudd wrote:
> In article <31E3CBBD.1264@sol.co.uk>, Shug <shug@sol.co.uk> writes
> >Darcy Howard wrote:
> >> alanh@widomaker.com (Alan Horowitz) wrote:
> >> >Let me re-phrase the question, to attack it from a different angle.
> >> >Sperm whale oil replaced - which illumination fuel?
> >> A variety of vegetable oils were used for illumination both before and
> >> after whale oils were used for that purpose. Cheaper vegetable seed
> >> oils was one of the factors leading to the decline of commercial
> >> whaling.
> >> Mark Howard
> >> hchpl@fhills.starway.netau
> >Until about 1800, hemp seed oil was the most consumed lighting oil in
> >America and the world. From then until the 1870's, it was the second most
> >consumed lighting oil, exceeded only by whale oil.
> >(Burbank, Luther, "How Plants Are Trained To Work For Man, Useful
> >Plants", P.F.Collier & Son Co., NY, Vol 6, pg 48)
> >Shug
> Spot on, Shug!
> The Emperor Wears No Clothes!
Yep!
Bloody good book
Full of documented evidence.
Shug