Lighting has played a critical role in the safety of underground coal and metal mining for several thousand years. Challenges in an underground mine environment include dust, confined spaces, surfaces ...

Since its early beginnings in the living room of a Lakeview condominium 20 years ago, Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater has prided itself in delivering an intimate live performance. And that won’t change, ...

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For all the color choices available to car buyers, your headlights remain painfully simple. White and yellow. Yes, that's it. Can't use the colors on the rainbow except for yellow. Every glowing beam ...

Blasts from carbide guns have caused severe facial and ocular injuries, some of which may result in permanent vision loss. The UP State Ophthalmic Society has so far collated 60 cases from across the ...

A 600-year-old porcelain lamp unearthed in Shanxi province in 2021 has turned the spotlight on the technical skills and cultural practices of that era, when people blended fuels to keep their oil ...

Ayodhya's Deepotsav achieved a remarkable feat, securing two Guinness World Records. Over 2,100 individuals simultaneously rotated diyas, while an astounding 2.6 million oil-lit lamps illuminated the ...

Custodian J.B. Howard was baffled, perhaps too mystified to scan the stacks for a book on entomology. Each morning when he arrived for work at the town library, Howard was met with a floor full of ...

Playwright Patrick Hamilton introduces unease early in “Gaslight,” his 1938 melodramatic thriller about a marriage rooted in greed, manipulation and betrayal in a competent revival running through Nov ...

After analyzing a ceramic lamp unearthed from a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) tomb in North ­China's Shanxi Province, researchers have identified its fuel components, providing rare physical evidence for ...

Oil Lamp Theater has revealed its 2026 season. The season opens with a comedy of campaign chaos, The Outsider, January 23 - February 22, 2026, followed by a wild play with zero filter, Poor Behavior, ...

This week's restoration features a 100+ year-old carbide bicycle lamp made in Birmingham, England by the Joseph Lucas company. The lamp operates using a chemical reaction between water and calcium ...