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from sun to fire

back to the sun

from sun to fire...
There is little doubt that the development of early human cultures started in areas with sufficient amounts of drinking water available and with fairly mild weather conditions. A further spread of human civilisation towards more inhospitable areas could only take place due to the availability of natural resources that compensated the less ideal conditions of

conditions. The sun nevertheless always stayed a welcome resource for warmth and light and a natural source for health, comfort and well being of mankind.

applications is what this site is about. Lamps, infrared- and ultraviolet radiators, all with the same objective: To simulate natural sunlight in order to cure or just to compensate for poor climatic conditions. Apart from a brief explanation on the natural backgrounds of sunshine, this site is dedicated to electric substitutes for the sun in medical applications and their supposed influence on our health. In the

sun gallery, the major topic of this site, a collection of images of sun substitutes for self-medication had been brought together.

life. With the help of clothing and artificial fire mankind finally succeeded to survive in even the most unpleasant climatic

rays opened ways to the artificial generation of not only light but also other useful components of natural sunlight. A few of these

... and back to the sun
By the middle of the 19th century the invention of electric light and a better understanding about the nature of sun

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