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fountain lamps


Identification code: 300189962
Español: lámparas fuentes | Català: llum font




Alternative term/s

  • fountain lamp
  • lamps, fountain

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Scope note:

Lamps in which the raising of the oil is effected by the pressure of a liquid of greater specific gravity acting through a column of air. Based on an adaptation of Hero's fountain (220 BCE). For lamps employing the bird-fountain principle use "Cardan lamps."

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