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In 1818, William Henry Tilley, gas fitters, was manufacturing gas lamps in Stoke Newington.

In 1846, Abraham Pineo Gesner invented a substitute for whale oil for lighting, distilled from coal. Later made from petroleum, kerosene became a popular lighting fuel.

Modern and most popular versions of the paraffin lamp were later constructed by Polish inventor

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