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I may be mistaken but I think at one time carbide generated gas was used for early automobile head lights .

Calcium carbide at one time was inexpensive .Now there are only a few world wide who control the sale of acetylene gas and the price they get reflects that fact .I can only assume they also control calcium carbide .

The table lamps, usually chrome or nickel plated did not have glass around them .They were not designed to be in the wind like the camp lanterns .The first one of those I ever saw was camping with my parents at 8 or 9 years old .I noticed the difference right away .Now since I mentioned the...

The subject of gas lights can be interesting .I had a yard light years ago when I lived in town that cost me a dollar a month from the gas company .Problem was it kept breaking the mantles .I changed it over to electric . I bought a large computer desk from an Amish man .His place of business...

During the time period they produced a lot more light than a kerosene lamp plus were probably safer .A tipped over kerosene lamp could burn a house down .These if they get knocked over usually just breaks the mantles ,they don't leak .Coleman made a lot of models besides the table lamps I have...

Those original table lamps had a milk glass globe as a well as other types .The Amish of course didn't use the fancy ones .There are duplicates if you can find one .I have an original but it's broken and an original goes for several hundred dollars if by chance you can even find one . BTW I am...

If I do try and light them it will be outside of the house .For that matter though I have plenty of kerosene lamps ,battery powered lanterns etc . I might add I also have several Coleman camp lanterns that run on propane plus a propane stove and a gasoline antique stove .I don't use them though...

I have a pair of these early Coleman table lamps .One of them came from the basement of my grandmother ,discovered after approx. 70 years on a shelf that still had pressure in the tank .I've never attempted to see if they work .They take a different mantle than the camp lanterns .I aged them by...