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    I can't really appreciate what it was like to live before electricity was invented. Surprised that the skylight wasn't a more popular architectural feature back then.

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    • Where I live people used to get taxed on how many windows they had in their house back before electricity.PhanLo
    • They probably compromised insulation majorly too, if not also quite expensive for the normal person. They were huge in public buildings though.monospaced
    • Leaks, roof construction, glass is fragile.Gnash
    • Exactly.monospaced
    • Right but there was many generations living without electric light, you think we would, over time, solve for the skylight problems a bit earliernb
    • For thousand of years all the work people did was outside. All they did inside was stay warm. Cook ‘some’ food, and protect themselves from attackGnash
    • Once people started working inside during the day — a very recent development, btw — they did add tons of windowsGnash
    • Old factories allowed lots of natural light, including skylights. Once there was a need, it was addressedGnash
    • The Greeks used Very thin and highly polished stone tiles on the roofs of some buildings that allowed light to pass throughGnash
    • ^ a type of translucent marbleGnash
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