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KEn Becker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Darwin, you should not make LIGHT of Edison's contribution to our lives. > you imagine driving 75MPH in your car and trying >to keep candles lit, so you can see the road? ...........I didn't think >so.......... >[log in to unmask] > Now it's interesting you should ask that, Ken. My Uncle was a keen collector of Bentleys, and some of the really old ones had acetylene lamps - a bit more powerful than candles, but still a visibility problem, especially at that speed, which he once did uphill in third gear, just to show off to me! And that was in the days when your average car had some difficulty getting up to, or holding, 60mph! -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Hampshire, UK