Lighting Fuels

This table shows a selection of common lighting fuels used in America, from the colonial period to the present, and the years they were used. Fuel Date Candlewood/Pine Splint Colonial America Grease Colonial America Candles Colonial America Whale Oil 1800-1840 Argand 1780s-mid-1800s Lard Oil 1840-1860 Turpentine (Camphene) 1820s Turpentine and Alcohol (Burning Fluid) 1840-1860 Gas […]