Imagine what it must have been like to illuminate one’s home before electricity. The evening’s gloom thickened and the room’s furnishings cast their long shadows from the dying light seeping in through pane glass windows. The fireplace provided much of the light necessary for evening chores.  Houses were oriented to make the most of natural ...
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