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What did people use for illumination before electric lights?
What did people use for illumination before electric lights?
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People used candles, oil lamps, and gas lamps for illumination before electric lights became common.
Before electric lights people used a round, cotton wick dipped in ghee that is used for lighting oil lamps and chirags. People also used Candles, Oil or kerosene Lanterns.