How did old-timey house gas-lamps work anyway?
Did they have to be lit with a match? Was it possible to turn them on without lighting them and then fill your house with gas?
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@jkb Yeah, I understand how they created light. It's the practical usability questions that I know nothing about.
The monsterdon film last night (House on Haunted Hill, 1959) had a number of chandeliers that had at least a dozen elements each.
Those must be a real pain in the ass to light if they've all got to be individually touched with a match.
@apLundell Sure sounds like a chore, but no less and no more than the same chandelier with candles instead of gas burners. Also with gas you could almost close the input valve so the burners stay lit but don't burn bright and you'd just have to open the valve again to get full brightness.
@apLundell 1) First by directly burning gas to use the brightness of the flame as a light source, later by burning (a different, cheaper) gas to heat some material that becomes bright when incandescent (modern gas lamps used for camping work that way). 2) Yes. 3) Also yes.