I don't know where this "Arum White" came from. The colour is Plastikote Arran Beige and is correct or near enough. The original Tilley paint...
1917 to 1919. Bolté & Weyer was founded in 1905 but the company name changed in 1917 to Bolté Mfg at 125 S Racine, Chicago but by 1920 C....
It's a Model 8. Model 13 lacks the reflector. The address on the gauge dates it from before 1933 when the cul-de-sac was opened up and the numbers...
There are published lists on line for Sears manufacturers but there are gaps. For instance 388 and 520 are missing which is why 388 is only a...
Probably made between 1953 and 1961. 710 is the Sears manufacturers product code for The American Gas Machine Company (AGM). These prefix numbers...
These turn up as MW lamp models 04, 14 and 24 or 24A The collar markings are confusing and have been seen as :- Model 04 - RA86-7281, Model 14 -...
Sounds like you need a replacement generator. ES lamps are basically Akron Diamond copies and an Akron gen will fit and work well. OCP sell a...
That looks like a kero flame but these are a gasoline lantern although they still require some pre-heating. It will run on kero but it won't...
I have only seen one example of the half mirror SDR globe which was in poor condition on the prototype SDR but it is mentioned in the 1951 and '52...
I think it's basicly this from about 1915 but I can't find an example in any of my paper from 1912 to 1930 without the fancy scrollwork. ::Neil::...
Ah so it is a frankie then thanks for this. Interesting to see the different fount profiles. Oh well one day with a little luck a Thomas Turban...
Interesting? Can you show me the Foote burner please. I know Thomas sold a lamp with that Turban fount so maybe Foote did as well but there's not...
There is no publicly available link to the PLC. It's a copyright 302 page PDF and there is a small fee to have the link which gets you the current...
A grease spot photometer works fine and will always show comparisons very well although it does involve some minor calculation but the main...
That's a hard call it's an Indian brand on a German lamp. In general the PLC and this site list by brand so maybe the correct place is India. As...
Some confusion here because I list two Swan brands. This one which is clearly an Indian registered brand but I also list a Swan Brand from...
This is from the 1939 catalogue. ::Neil:: [ATTACH]
There can be a number of factors to affect performance in any pressure lamp even from new. Jet size is vital of course but also the configuration...
Those Newark meter readings were taken with my photometer and are reasonably accurate. It does incorporate a lux meter but the baffled tube...
I have used both copper and nickel anti seize for nipples and other generator threads and it seems to be a good long term solution for gas tight...
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