It is also burned as a fuel in religious lamps.
Its main use is perhaps as a component in Mercury-vapor lamps.
This dispute cost me $500 in broken lamps and screen repair.
They had brought in lamps to set close where they would burn steadily and cast a strong light on the dead face.
If that wasn't the case, why should they be interested in lamps, more than anything else?
You can see this phenomenon quite clearly in gas-discharge lamps.
It is because of their particular ionisation properties that they are used in lamps.
Invest in touchable lamps or those that react to sound.
Hindus used it in votive lamps and considered the oil sacred.