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2. 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]

3. Fostoria Glass Company - Wikipedia

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   Note 4] Production of tableware, bar goods, and lamps began on December 15, 1887. [15] The glass men that formed the new company had gained their experience from working at the Hobbs, Brockunier and Company glass plant in Wheeling. Lucian B. Martin, the company's first president, had been a sales executive at the Hobbs works. [3]

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. J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company - Wikipedia

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   One of the few successful American glass companies was the New England Glass Company, which was incorporated in 1818 and led by Deming Jarves—the "father of the American glass industry." [ 10 ] Using assistance from the Harvard University library and a British engineer named James B. Barnes , Jarves developed a way to produce red lead from ...

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7. ‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s ...

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   The National Weather Service reported that in some places just west of the two communities, more than 19 inches of rain fell. And it kept falling, down the mountainsides and into the creeks and ...