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  2. Opium lamp - Wikipedia

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    The opium lamp's distinctive chimney was made from glass. Inexpensive lamps made entirely of molded glass were mass-produced and pieces of them are commonly found at historic Chinese settlements, such as the sites of former Chinese camps in the California goldfields. Examples of opium lamps crafted from Peking glass are sought after by ...

  3. Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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    Lamps from the 1890s consisted of a stand, font, chimney, and often a shade. [24] The font (also spelled "fount") held the kerosine for the lamp. [25] The chimney was a glass tube placed around the lamp's flame that had a bulge at the base that kept drafts away from the flame and added extra illumination. [26]

  4. Argand lamp - Wikipedia

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    An Argand lamp in use in A Portrait of James Peale, done in 1822 by Charles Willson Peale Argand lamp with circular wick and glass chimney. Illustration from Les Merveilles de la science (1867–1869) by Louis Figuier. The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand.

  5. R. E. Dietz Company - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1840 when its founder, 22-year-old Robert Edwin Dietz, purchased a lamp and oil business in Brooklyn, New York. Though famous for well-built indoor and outdoor kerosene lanterns, it was a major player in the automotive lighting industry from the 1920s into the 1960s.

  6. Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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    Byzantine oil lamp: The upper parts and their handles are covered with braided patterns. All are made of a dark orange-red clay. A rounded bottom with a distinct X or cross appears inside the circled base. [17] Early Islamic oil lamp: Large knob handle and the channel above the nozzle are the dominant elements of these.

  7. Camphine - Wikipedia

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    On November 25, 1838, Luther Jones of New York City filed a patent for a lamp for burning spirits of turpentine, [3] but it was Augustus Van Horn Webb, another New York inventor, who first used the term "camphene" when he filed a patent, antedated to November 23, 1838, for a "new and improved burner, together with a glass or chimney of a peculiar construction, for burning a composition which I ...