 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1900 -
Description: Galvanised steel lamp base with handle attached by rivets. Inside is a lid with brass tube/wick attached, but this part is jammed in, so where carbide & water were loaded cannot be seen. Water drips onto ? carbide and makes acetylene gas, which comes out of orifice and is lit to provide a bright light. Such lamps were used for possum hunting around the early 1900's, when there was a market for the skins. This lamp probably used by the Boyes brothers, George & Herbert. Format: realia Object: gas lamps Material: galvanised steel Titles: Carbide Lamp Subjects: lighting; hunting Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00401 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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