Kerosene lamps provide ambience from an earlier century ... They are useless without a glass shade, so keep an extra one on hand. The chimneys, of clear or frosted glass, were either straight ...

Wealthy families used lanterns and lamps with or without chimneys in their households. Kerosene was used as fuel in these lamps. As kerosene was in short supply, it would be used sparingly.

Campaign torchlights were made to burn oil. Thuro`s first book shows examples of such metal lanterns and lamps as well as accessories-match holders, smoke bells, chimney-top heaters, hooks ...

Student lamps are late 19th- and early 20th-century kerosene-burning devices identifiable ... all topped by a decorative glass shade and chimney. (Shades typically are colored, come in a variety ...

Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable ...

A London design consultancy has developed a cheap, clean, and safer alternative to the kerosene lamp. Kerosene burning lamps are thought to be used by over a billion people in developing nations ...

The bright orange flames of kerosene wick lamps used in millions of impoverished households around the world are significant sources of global warming and pollutants linked to respiratory diseases ...