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=== Origins === The first [[horseless carriage]]s used carriage lamps, which proved unsuitable for travel at speed.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gray |first=William |title=Generators |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ErZCAQAAIAAJ |magazine=Harper's Weekly |year=1907 |volume=51 |access-date= 2018-04-22 |quote= [...] as the first automobile close [...] followed the carriage in design and construction, so the first lamp that was used on the automobile was the carriage lamp. These carriage lamps were found to be unsuitable for the fast-moving auto.}}</ref> The earliest lights used candles as the most common type of fuel.{{r|felton|pp=197-8}}
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