The Candle of Rochester Cathedral
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Light, Instruments, Technology, Exhibitions |
Thinks that the oxy-hydrogen and electric lights on display at the Great Exhibition cannot surpass the brilliancy of a candle at Rochester Cathedral which 'has been made by a gradual process of accretion'—a reference to a dispute concerning the use of the cathedral's trusts. |
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