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Table Cc61-62 - Price of light, current and real: 1800-1992

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  Cc61 Cc62
Current price of light Index of real price of light
Row Year Dollars per 10,000 lumen-hours Index 1800 = 100
1 1800 4.029 100.000
2 1818 4.087 100.114
3 1827 1.863 58.186
4 1830 1.832 61.835
5 1835 4.039 138.745
6 1840 3.694 145.888
7 1850 2.320 92.940
8 1855 2.978 107.298
9 1860 1.096 41.083
10 1870 0.404 9.634
11 1880 0.504 15.340
12 1883 0.923 28.581
13 1890 0.157 5.410
14 1900 0.269 9.987
15 1910 0.138 4.550
16 1916 0.035 0.997
17 1920 0.063 0.984
18 1930 0.051 0.954
19 1940 0.032 0.720
20 1950 0.024 0.314
21 1960 0.021 0.219
22 1970 0.018 0.142
23 1980 0.045 0.170
24 1990 0.060 0.144
25 1992 0.012 0.029



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