Strange that nobody is asking what you do when you set the lantern alight. Outside without mantle and globe, pre heating is almost none existing.
Well done, mate ! As far as the heat: normally there is a globe holder and with that a pressure plate on top. Those will normally get the heat...
Indeed sad news. He wrote to me, last night: "The end game approaches." My prayers and best wishes for him and his family.
One should never run a mantle lantern WITHOUT a mantle and a globe. The mantle and glass are both essential parts of a lantern. When the globe is...
HK jets are per definition old jets. As for threads, there was a change from to the metric at some point in time (SI-standards). I am pretty sure...
Just some thoughts: - there is a difference between CP and HK. - there is no relation between HK /CP and the thread size/pitch New jets can have...
The reason for that is that the thread of the jet doesn't match with the thread of the vaporiser. With force anything can be "fixed" but I doubt...
Good light up Henry. That set up, with two Swiss hospital stands, looks familiar ;-)
As for light output I would stick by a lux meter. Comparishment with a picture or eyeball may not be accurate.
As far as I know there is no part X. What you see is the cross section of part 1. The two or four holes aside are those which often get clogged....
Lamp manufactures used also water- gasworks dimensions. E&G also made many street gaslights.
I don’t know who sells the Lahde book at this moment. I got mine from Bill Courter.
I miss the questions and did you read the book of friend A. Kaim about blue flame burners and their history.
At my lamp it is simply a snug fitting. Due to oxidation it will get stuck more or less.
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