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Subj: Re: Coleman Lantern.= Tilley lamp?
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[ 06/09/2002 13:32z #:7629 @:G4YUU QRA:IO92CN ] .
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M1BYT wrote with great skill:-
> Coleman lamps are not the same as Tilley lamps. I believe they are
> the type of lamp which uses a wick combined with a mantle and work
> without pressure. A Tilley lamp would look very out of place in
> the home, whereas the Coleman is quite ornamental as well as
> functional.
>
> I remember the acetylene lamps. The were sold in outdoor pursuit
> types of establishment until the end of the '60s and were popular
> with cavers.
Hi
Just a few comments who not only remembers these lamps but also used
them as well.
The Coleman Lamp was a very decorative brass table lamp with a long
tall belled at the base glass type tube. It ran on paraffin with a
wick (which one trimmed) to stop the lamp from smoking and giving off
an obnoxious smell. After lighting the lamp one had to replace the
glass tube very quickly as one never got a second chance due to heat.
The Tilley lamp of which there is one in my garage again ran on
paraffin but the tiny glass tube at the very top of the lamp had a
mantle inside similar to the old type gas mantle. One had to "Pump"
the paraffin just like the old type "Blowlamps" which again I have
one in my garage.
My eldest son used to take the Tilley Lamp to Church Camps many years
ago. One point here is that the Coleman lamp gave off more light than
a Tilley lamp. Coleman lamp indoors, Tilley lamp out of doors..
One other point here is that my aged Grandmother who lived in just
one room when I was a lad used to cook on a floor mounted paraffin
stove in her room and the smell of paraffin was overpowering.
This was brought to my mind some years ago whilst waiting for a
flight from Palma Airport due to the usual Air Strike by the French.
Over 5,000 people waiting for flights and after waiting for hours our
flight was called. Home sweet home we all thought but when nearing
our plane I counted that we were 21st in line for Take-off.
Next to us was a four engine Convair Coronado which whilst the
Captain decided to feed us on the plane the engineer in the Coronado
was revving up his four engines every few minutes. You can imagine
the smell of paraffin. It did not go well with our food I can assure
you. We had to stand this for hours..
Coleman lamps did smell but not much and none from a Tilley lamp
usually hung up in the air and not noticed.
As for the Acetylene lamps as a lad we used to go down to Cardiff
Docks where there was a firm that made the Carbide, and scrounge
small amounts to use in the cycle lamps as stated by G0TEZ. One had
to be very very careful NOT to breathe in the fumes as the gas took
some time to ignite.
Ah well back to AD 2002....
73, John, G4YUU @ GB7MAX
12:49 on 06 Sep 2002
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