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2. Gas mantle - Wikipedia

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   Gas mantles were also used in portable camping lanterns, pressure lanterns and some oil lamps. [ 1 ] Gas mantles are usually sold as a fabric bag which, because of impregnation with metal nitrates, burns away to leave a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use; these metal oxides produce light from the heat of the ...

3. Coleman (brand) - Wikipedia

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   A prominent product is the Coleman Lantern, a series of pressure lamps that were originally made to burn gasoline. Current models use Coleman fuel or propane and use one or two gas mantles to produce an intense white light. In the past, the company also produced a range of cooking stoves and domestic irons.

4. The Best Camping Lanterns for Nights Under the Stars - AOL

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   Camping lanterns can run off of propane, disposable batteries, and rechargeable batteries. The Goal Zero Lighthouse 600 even gives you the option to mechanically power it using a hand crank if you ...

5. Petromax - Wikipedia

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   In a closed tank, paraffin was pressurised with a hand pump. The heat produced by the mantle was then used to vaporize the paraffin, which is mixed with air and blown in to mantle to burn. Around the year 1916, the lantern and its name started to spread around the world. The name Petromax derives from "Petroleum" and "Max Graetz".

6. Coleman Lantern - Wikipedia

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   The Coleman Lantern is a line of pressure lamps first introduced by the Coleman Company in 1914. This led to a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline. Current models use kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light.

7. Kerosene lamp - Wikipedia

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   A kerosene lantern, also known as a "barn lantern" or "hurricane lantern", is a flat-wick lamp made for portable and outdoor use. They are made of soldered or crimped-together sheet-metal stampings, with tin-plated sheet steel being the most common material, followed by brass and copper. There are three types: dead-flame, hot-blast, and cold-blast.