At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground.

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Imagine the heat in the summer, the bitter cold in the winter, and Mandela going out to quarry stone, the burning white light reflecting off the limestone permanently and deeply injuring his sight.

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Soon they were soaking reeds into liquid fat and burning them for light.

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This generation is the flame, the light which will keep this country burning bright in the darkness of an uncertain world.

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Over 150 years ago, when Edison turned on his first lightbulb, he had to compete against the burning of oil for light.

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Like Edison in New York City, solar must deliver a better service for a cheaper price if it wishes to displace the burning of oil for light.

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My candles are burning all over this land, light the dark road for the man passing by.

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Spectators carry burning torches back down the hill to bring light to the city.

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Spectrometers on the "chase planes" picked up in this light shower the signatures of the various materials in the ship burning off.

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The idea was this: If after burning a quantity of heavy gasoline the airship became light, the skipper had only to switch to hydrogen, thus reducing lift.

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