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Ancient Flashlight
submitted by Kozel to technology 7 hoursMay 10, 2025 00:10:24 ago (+17/-0) (files.catbox.moe)
https://files.catbox.moe/718v0i.mp4

[ - ] 2plus2equals5 2 points 6 hoursMay 10, 2025 00:50:04 ago (+2/-0)

Adding a little water to rock creates just enough gas to reliably power a helmet lamp. And become an industry standard.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/mining-lights-and-hats/carbide-lamps

[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 1 point 1 hourMay 10, 2025 05:43:33 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah that's neat, but I don't think that it would classify as "ancient"

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 1 point 4 hoursMay 10, 2025 02:50:45 ago (+1/-0)

Oh.

Flashlight.

Well this is awkward...

[ - ] FacelessOne 1 point 6 hoursMay 10, 2025 00:31:35 ago (+2/-1)

Torch*

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 6 hoursMay 10, 2025 01:21:51 ago (+1/-0)

Illumination doodad*

[ - ] FacelessOne 1 point 4 hoursMay 10, 2025 03:08:34 ago (+1/-0)

Witchcraft!

[ - ] GreenSaint 0 points 1 hourMay 10, 2025 05:44:17 ago (+0/-0)

I thought it was gonna be those old headlamps miners used. Calcium carbide

https://youtu.be/mARF7CETQp4?si=L0AVehycrppDSfhw

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 5 hoursMay 10, 2025 01:34:03 ago (+0/-0)

That's why they call them a "torch" in the UK