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 Leading light [1]

Rural households in India usually rely on lanterns for lighting. But the quality of a commonly used hurricane lantern is abysmal. It produces light equivalent to about one-tenth of that produced by a 60 watt (W) electric bulb. Another type of lantern in use

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
Down to Earth [2]
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Household Energy [3], Rural Technology [4], India [5]
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