Thursday, June 6, 2019

oil lamps

I have taken the plunge into Solar Electric.  I have  a small system with
 two batteries and an inverter.  I will cove the solar later.
In the meantime, I have lived for some time with candles and battery operated
puck style lights at three for 7 dollars at Home Depot.
I have a fabulous oil lamp from the mid 19th century, but I have had little luck finding
 a burner for it.


 
Good for special events on the dining table perhaps. but I just got a nice and very
early lamp and have succeeded in finding the rest of the parts.  lo and behold...
with lots of problems leading up to it, I have a working lamp.
 
 
This is from somewhere between the mid 1850s and 1864.
Plenty of light and less eye strain.

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