[SEL] O.T. Please identify this "lamp"

[Peter Scales]

Hi Jerry

It's almost certainly an acetylene lamp that used calcium carbide.  It looks
very similar to a miner's  / potholer's (spelunker's) cap lamp that I have,
except there's no bracket for the hard-hat fitting, and the jet on mine
isn't screwed, it has a taper fit.  If it was a carbide lamp, it'll probably
have a smell to this day, unmistakeable!

All the best

     Pete
-- 
Peter Scales  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com 
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jerry Evans
> Sent: 18 September 2007 18:14
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] O.T. Please identify this "lamp"
> 
> Hi Everyone,
>          I came across this "lamp" and am hoping someone can 
> tell me more 
> about it?
> 
>          Although it is not an engine part (which makes it 
> "off Topic") , 
> if it is an illuminating lamp it could be argued that this 
> could have been 
> used to find your way out to the engine room on a dark night when the 
> lighting plant / generator had stopped and then it would be 
> engine related 
> and therefore "On Topic". <Big Grin>
> 
>          Thanks for looking:
> <www.oldengine.org/members/evans/lamp/index.htm>
> 
> 
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
> See:
> www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm
> or learn how to finish off your plates
> www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/finish.htm
> 
> _______________________________________________
> SEL mailing list
> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>