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6 Management of Light i7i Illumination. 



I was long of opinion that no lamp would ever be 

 contrived that would be preferable to wax candles for 

 lighting the interior of a private apartment ; but I am 

 now convinced that this illuminator gives a pleasanter 

 light than wax candles, and that it is much less liable 

 to disagreeable accidents, and many persons of good 

 taste, to whom I have recommended it, all concur with 

 me in this opinion. That it is more economical than 

 even tallow candles will be shown hereafter. 



As the public have a right to expect that those who 

 propose new improvements should give some informa- 

 tion respecting the prices that may reasonably be asked 

 by manufacturers for the objects recommended, I feel 

 it to be my duty to mention the prices at which the 

 different kinds of illuminators here described have 

 been sold at Paris. 



The table illuminators, elegantly painted and ja- 

 panned, with two domes, one of thick white gauze, the 

 other of thinner gauze, with a conical reflector of tin, 

 painted white and varnished within, and painted, 

 gilded, and japanned without, have been sold at 

 55 francs. Those placed on handsome Ionic columns, 

 furnished with their capitals, cost 60 francs. When 

 the columns, with or without capitals, are entirely 

 gilded, they cost no more than when they are painted 

 to imitate marble or granite, and japanned. With 

 each table illuminator sold at these prices are given 

 two glass chimneys and six circular wicks. 



These illuminators, or rather imperfect imitations of 

 them, have been sold in some of the shops in Paris as 

 low as 36 francs ; but I have so seldom found it to be 

 advantageous to make purchases in cheap shops that 

 I generally avoid them myself, and never recommend 

 them to others. 



