W for WHEN THE WELSBACH BURNER WENT WEIRD AND WET.

Gas lighting was born around the turn of the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries and was in general use indoors and outdoors until before WWII. Duchamp, in his early years, was impressed by the view of the Welsbach burner, a particular form of gas lighting device and included it in his installation Etant donnés... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]