Must see vid nästa London-tripp:

"Methane powered lamps were fairly common in Victorian times and one still exists in London, located off the Strand next to the Savoy Hotel. These were connected - as the Savoy lamp still is - directly to the underground sewerage system, were a funnel at the top of the sewer collects the methane and conducts it up into the lamp, where it burns 24 hours a day." UCL People, July 2006 (ej på nätet)

On en mer kortbrinnande lampa i Ljus av skit 1 (3 sep 2006)


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