Language Through Nature 



Lesson 66 

 WAYS OF LIGHTING DWELLINGS 



Tell of the use of gas in lighting 

 From where does it come, and how is it 



One use of gas ^J brought to the hoUSCS ? 



Tell what you can of other ways of lighting houses. 

 Mention the different parts of a lamp. 

 What things are really necessary to produce the light? 

 i What kind of oil do we use in lamps ? 

 | Of whom do we purchase the oil, and where 



does he get it? 

 *, ^f A From what is oil obtained? 



' In what have you seen candles held ? 

 Of what are candles made ? 

 What part of the candle do we light and . 

 of what is it made ? 



Before candles were invented how do you 

 think men used to light their dark dwellings ? 



How far that little candle throws his beams, 

 So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 



Shakspere. 



Write a paragraph about eac/i of the different kinds of light. 

 Tell which one you think best and ivhy. 



SUGGESTED WORK 



Light a wax candle. As the flame heats the wax, what happens ? What 

 do you see just around the wick? What prevents this from flowing away? 

 What do you think becomes of it ? 



Blow out the light. What do you see now around and above the wick ? 

 Hold a lighted match in what you see, but do not touch the wick. Into what 

 was the cold solid wax changed? Into what do you think the melted wax was 

 changed ? What do you think has caused these changes ? 



Write about this experiment, telling all you Jiave done and what you saw. 



