Bleriot acetylene headlamp, 1896.

FRANCE - AUGUST 15: One of the original self-contained motor car headlamps made by Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) in 1896 and containing the type of acetylene diving-bell generator patented by Bleriot in 1900. The lamp has a cylindrical body at the front of which is fitted a concave mirror, while a vertical rectangular space within it houses the acetylene generator. Bleriot is best known as the first person to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine, a feat he achieved in 1909. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
FRANCE - AUGUST 15: One of the original self-contained motor car headlamps made by Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) in 1896 and containing the type of acetylene diving-bell generator patented by Bleriot in 1900. The lamp has a cylindrical body at the front of which is fitted a concave mirror, while a vertical rectangular space within it houses the acetylene generator. Bleriot is best known as the first person to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine, a feat he achieved in 1909. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
Bleriot acetylene headlamp, 1896.
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Science & Society Picture Library / Contributor
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Date created:
August 15, 1997
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