A friend of mine called and he says he has a Carbide Lantern from the early 1900z or late 1800,s
Has anyone heard of such a Lantern by chance? Im supposed to get photos of it tomorrow. I,ll post it when I receive it.
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Gerdo wrote:I used to use them when caveing. The Calcium Carbide goes in one container and water in a container above that. There is a little valve that allows the water to drip down on the Carbide creating Acetylene. This is what is burnt.
boomboomtulum wrote:I have acouple of them. One I found years ago while exploring some old mines in Nevada, the other I purchased off of Ebay. Do a search there and you can still buy them. Dave
doug hodder wrote:Heikki....here's an example of the "classic" carbide lamp used by miners, the clip on the back was used to fasten it to a hard hat. As a geologist, I'm a big fan of battery lamps in this case. Fire underground is a real scary situation. I've got some safety lamps used in mining. They were used to detect shortage of oxygen, sort of like the canary in the cage type of use. In old mines, it's not uncommon to come across areas that due to decaying timbers, mineral oxidation etc...will be without oxygen. If the safety lamp goes out, chances are, your lights are going to go out soon also.
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Here are examples of the mine safety lamps. 2 middle ones are US made the end ones are British. They are fueled with kerosene or lamp oil. I'm thinking I could load one up with some citronella oil and use it for a bug repellent lantern. They aren't made to give off a lot of light. The really early ones can be found that were hand made. I have one that I can't locate right now that is a small looking pot with a lid and a spout that a wick was draped out of, it's probably with my carbide one. About the mid 1870's. Doug
So-Cal Teardrops wrote:MJ - why does the image of you hunting frogs as a young'in not come as a surprise to me
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