agitable lamps

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Scope note
Lamps with usually one or two vertical wick tubes projecting from a tightly closed reservoir. From the patent of John Miles of Birmingham, England, 1787; so called because the fuel is protected from spillage when agitated.
agitable lamps
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024