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Title
Lamp, Fuel
Description
A heavy cast iron lamp. It is cylindrical with a two wick holes on the top on a slotted panel which includes a knob to move aside that panel for filling. The lamp is on a long iron handle which moves back and forth.
Interpretation
This lamp was probably used in some industrial or manufacturing sphere where a heavy duty lamp on a long handle would be useful. It could either be a whale oil or camphene lamp.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Settling in the Midwest  
  • What's That Relic?  
  • Introduction of Artifacts as a Primary Source  
  • School Museum  
  • Inventions Multimedia Time Line  
  • Whaling Slide Show  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • American Communities in History  
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society  
  • 18 Social Systems  
  • 16 History  
Subject / Keywords
  • Whaling  
  • Lighting device  
  • Light  
  • Oil lamp  
  • Camphene  
  • Whale oil  
  • Whales  
Temporal Coverage
1840/1880
Collection Publisher
Early American Museum
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
1968.001.0987
Date Created
2-24-2003
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleLamp, Fuel
DescriptionA heavy cast iron lamp. It is cylindrical with a two wick holes on the top on a slotted panel which includes a knob to move aside that panel for filling. The lamp is on a long iron handle which moves back and forth.
InterpretationThis lamp was probably used in some industrial or manufacturing sphere where a heavy duty lamp on a long handle would be useful. It could either be a whale oil or camphene lamp.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Settling in the Midwest  
  • What's That Relic?  
  • Introduction of Artifacts as a Primary Source  
  • School Museum  
  • Inventions Multimedia Time Line  
  • Whaling Slide Show  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • American Communities in History  
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society  
  • 18 Social Systems  
  • 16 History  
Subject / Keywords
  • Whaling  
  • Lighting device  
  • Light  
  • Oil lamp  
  • Camphene  
  • Whale oil  
  • Whales  
Temporal Coverage1840/1880
Collection PublisherEarly American Museum
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier1968.001.0987
Date Created2-24-2003
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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