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Nature 423, 928 (26 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423928a

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100 and 50 years ago

The cleanliness of electric lighting has always been urged as one of the great claims in its favour, and it has been justly pointed out that the saving effected in redecoration partly balances its extra cost. Although this is true, electric light cannot be regarded as perfectly clean; it has long been noticed that there is a marked tendency for dust to accumulate on electric light fittings and wires, and on the walls and ceilings in their immediate neighbourhood.