@presscall , sorry, was unsure how to add the @ notification in the forum at first. The comment was directed to your lamp.
@Carlsson , the Justrite was designed by Augie Hansen, lead designer of the Justrite company. He has many carbide lamp patents for the company...
What an elegant, magnificent lamp. Bravo!
I Am sure that lamp of your has seen many early mornings next to a farmer's milk stool. It looks like a very hardy, utilitarian farm lamp indeed.
Yes, the diagram of yours is exactly how the justrite No. 10 works. Below is a diagram of the next model up from my No. 10... the diagram is of a...
Patented around 1912, the Justrite No. 10 Acetylene (Calcium Carbide) Lantern. (Minus the flame reflector and cage held bullseye lense that has...
Ah, the meths jar and sadistic dentist's appliance! Lol Thanks for the info. I was bot sure about the slide-over preheater cup. Although I read a...
Thanks for the additional Info on the deflector. Should I go ahead and assume the preheater cup is a modern innovative addition as well or did...
I have seen the heat deflectors of that shape too. Although this lamp of mine came from somewhat close here in the U.S. I think you can find the...
Here are the burner close up as requested. Sorry for the tarnish, it was as shiny as the rest of the lamp before I burnt in the mantle and fired...
Thank you for the compliment. That was what I was thinking too, a 106. I could not find any information regarding a "TL-21" to even see what...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Just received this lamp. It is my first Tilley. It looks to me like a Tilley TL-106 or 116 "pork pie" but...
Nernst lamps had a preheater element or automatic carbon coater that burnt away to get them up conducting temp of the main ceramic element. They...
Possibly globes for the Nernst type solid ceramic filament electric lights. They worked at open atmospheric pressure. Many of the globes in your...
I agree, the simplicity of the curl in the generator as a solution to have a "quick-lite" without much wait is genious. No more additional parts...
Thank you, it was actually my first antique or vintage pressure lamp, tabletop, indoor or outdoor model. I did a lot of reading on them before...
Found in local antique store partially disassembled in box. It is my first pressure table lamp, quite happy with it. Tank had congealed & dried...
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