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  2. Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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    An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times.

  3. Kerosene lamp - Wikipedia

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    A kerosene lamp produced by the factory of Karlskrona Lampfabrik in Sweden c. 1890s Swiss flat-wick kerosene lamp. The knob protruding to the right adjusts the wick, and hence the flame size. A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel.

  4. Tilley lamp - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, Tilley High-Pressure Gas Company started using kerosene as a fuel for lamps. [13] In the 1920s, Tilley company got a contract to supply lamps to railways, and made domestic lamps. [12] During World War II, Armed Forces purchased quantities of lamps, thus many sailors, soldiers and airmen used a Tilley Lamp. [12]

  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. 1948 Bermuda–Newfoundland hurricane - Wikipedia

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    However, oil lamps were still used in place of any form of electrical lighting. [14] Several slate roofs were torn from their buildings from the strong winds. [16] Heavy rainfall associated with the hurricane flooded long stretches of roadway. [14] Some roads were blocked and rendered impassable by the rainfall. [17]

  7. Lantern - Wikipedia

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    A lantern is a source of lighting, often portable. It typically features a protective enclosure for the light source – historically usually a candle, a wick in oil, or a thermoluminescent mesh, and often a battery-powered light in modern times – to make it easier to carry and hang up, and make it more reliable outdoors or in drafty interiors.

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