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The gas mantle was invented in 1880 a short time before the electric bulb. So the gas mantles became exstinct as houses were lit by electricity. This was salvaged from the Carrick Gas Works.

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Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...