Talk:Kerosene lamp

message: It reads like a heated, informal debate between a crowd of oil lamp enthusiasts.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.57.186 (talk) 03:22, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: This Page Needs Tidied Up

message: Question:
Can't methanol also be burned in these things? If not, why not? User:Mordac 21:18 5 April, 2006
*According the information I could find, a flame produced from burning alcohol is a very dim and blue in color.  In fact, it is so dim that under normal lighting conditions the flame is almost invisable.  Alcohol more useful as a cooking fuel.  See sterno.  Bige1977 04:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Methanol

message: No reason that other oils couldn't be used, I'm sure. I think vegetable and whale oils were widely used prior to the 20th century. A history section, or links to appropriate articles, would be useful. 
I'm curious whether other oils (vegetable oil) would have the same health impact? I suspect there would be only a partial improvement. --Singkong2005 (t - c - WPID) 09:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other oils

message: Hi All,
I would like to ask not to combine Petromax with Kerosene.
We have added a lot to the Petromax article.
A group of historic kerosene lamp collectors, are working on adding a lot of articles to make a complete vieuw on the time that Kerosene, Petrol and Alcohol lamps were used.
We are going to add in the future:
*Aladdin Mantle Lamps
*Pigeon Lamp
*Vapalux Pressure Lamp
*Famos Mantle Lamps
If someone wants to join this group of Historic Lamp Collectors, they are more then welcome to.
Please send a note to me
With Regards,
Bart J. Meijer 21:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, certainly it is possible to complete this article. The Petromax is not the only pressure lantern in the world. Someone will probably write about the excellent British Tilley or Bialaddin/Vapalux, or about the American Coleman kerosene/gas lantern, present all over the world since the beginning of the XXe century ! (Gerard : Pressure lanterns)  Camulogene 11:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Petromax with Kerosene Lamp 

message: How does a section get added? I think a social history section would be useful, especially
for writers and people who do reenactments.
For example: "By 1856 Kerosene was used to light homes in New York (gas came to that city in 1864.)"
http://www.mts.net/~william5/history/hol.htm —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kim333 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social History 

message: This subject deals with a number of phenomena which expose differences between british and american (and other) english language and culture. this article has a particularly british sound to it and i think some work needs to be done to provide local equivalents for specific vocabulary relating to the nomenclature for the oils and distilled fuel products and the manufacturers and resultant regional colloquialisms.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miltonhowe (talk • contribs) 04:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  British english 

message: I removed this text because it doesn't appear to be true, based on the Catherine O'Leary article.  However, there may yet be truth to the statement that it inspired the Safe bottle lamp. --Mdwyer (talk) 16:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dangers section Dubious 

message: So the Kerosene lamp belongs to :Category:Polish inventions? No other country used oil lamps before in 1853 the modern Prometheus Ignacy Łukasiewicz enlighted mankind? Besides, he was a citizen of the Austrian Empire. -- Matthead  Discuß   11:20, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish invention in 1853? 

message: this article treats kerosene lanterns as an historical curiosity, whereas they are widely used in developing countries.  Their total energy use is similar to the total energy use in residential electric lighting, if you compare worldwide totals for each.  To globalize this article, it needs to greatly increase the emphasis on where kerosene lamps are in fact used today.  Ccrrccrr (talk) 21:32, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalize 

message: I removed the statements about hot blasting cold blast being brighter than simple lamps.  They were unsourced, and I found the following indicating that that is a myth: .  That's not a reliable source, so I won't put anything in the article claiming that tubular lamps aren't as bright as ordinary wick lamps, but nor should we have claims to the contrary without any evidence.  My reading of the original hot blast lamp patent is that there was not a coherent idea of exactly how it should work or what it should accomplish, and I think that the cold blast lamp patent reflects the design that emerged once Irwin figured out what the real advantage of a tubular lantern was.  And that patent clearly explains that the advantage is not greater brightness, but just robustness against flame disturbance from air currents from wind or moving the lantern around.  One other reference of interest is this advertisement for the hot blast lamp, which indicates that the same robustness against disturbance is a key advantage.   Ccrrccrr (talk) 14:45, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hot blast and cold blast tubular lamps 

message: We need to describe the pressurized kerosene lamp with Welsbach mantle - this is a very important type for lighting in areas without grid electricity. Looking for refrencences now... 
There's also literature on the economic and health drawbacks of kerosene lamps vs. other forms of lighting. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pressurized lamps

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message: I removed sections that talked about gasification. I suspect, perhaps, that this was someone translating from a foreign language and used gasification instead of vaporization. Gasification involves typically converting a solid carbon fuel source (such as wood or coal) into combustible gasses. MartinezMD (talk) 05:55, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gasification 

message: FYI on 20210616 a youtube video about these such lamps included this page (~23:08), may attract new editors. — xaosflux Talk 01:27, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inbound traffic from youtube