Oil lamp
- ID-nummer
- 2018.017.001
- Titel
- Oil lamp
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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William Nordhaus acquired this Roman oil lamp in conjunction with an economic-historical study on lighting. The lamp is about 2,500 years old. In his work, Nordhaus examined the cost of achieving a certain amount of light at different times in human history. He investigated methods of producing light, from open fires all the way to incandescent light. He was struck by how much more efficient they have become.
William Nordhaus donated the oil lamp to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2018. - Pristagare
- William D. Nordhaus
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