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  2. Mosque lamp - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian enamelled glass mosque lamp made for Amir Qawsun, c. 1329–1335 The later plain type hanging in Istanbul. Fine mosque lamps are oil lamps that typically have a large round body and a narrower neck that flares towards the top. [1] They were often made with internal containers to be filled with oil and a wick to produce light. [1]

  3. 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.

  4. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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    A Roman hanging lamp or chandelier. Hanging lighting devices, some described as chandeliers, were known since ancient times, and circular ceramic lamps with multiple points for wicks or candles were used in the Roman period. [11] [12] The Roman terms lychnuchus or lychnus, however, can refer to candlestick, floor lamps, candelabra, or ...

  5. Argand lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand. Its output is 6 to 10 candelas , brighter than that of earlier lamps. Its more complete combustion of the candle wick and oil than in other lamps required much less frequent trimming of the wick.

  6. Category:Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Oil lamp" ... Tilley lamp This page was last edited on 18 September 2018, at 19:45 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. Moderator lamp - Wikipedia

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    A moderator lamp provides a pressurized supply of oil to the lamp wick by use of a spiral spring-loaded piston operating on a cylindrical oil reservoir. A regulating mechanism, the "moderator", compensates for the varying force of the spring as the piston descends. The moderator is a wire that runs through a tube in the center of the piston.

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