Lamp

= The first lamp was invented around 70,000 BC. A natural found object was filled with moss or a similar material that was soaked with animal fat and ignited. Humans began imitating the natural shapes with manmade pottery, and metal lamps. Around the 7th century BC, the Greeks began making terra cotta lamps to replace handheld torches. The word lamp is derived from the Greek word lampas, meaning torch. = = When the central burner was invented, a big improvement in lamp design. Around the same time, Ami Argand, a Swiss chemist is credited with first developing the principal of using an oil lamp with a hollow circular wick surrounded by a glass chimney in 1783. = =  = Maria Eduarda Galvão - T4G1