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

[Peter Scales]

Funnily enough, I was just about to ask how big it was - if it's much more
than four or five inches tall, it's probably an acetylene generator....

All the best

     Pete
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Peter Scales  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com 
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of 
> Judge Tommy Turner
> Sent: 18 September 2007 19:38
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> Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Please identify this "lamp"
> 
> Jerry,
>     My guess is that a hose attached to the protruding brass part.  
> Possilby it was then attached to a torch for jewelry welding, 
> soldering, 
> etc.  Maybe it was a lamp but I think it possibly had a more 
> "industrial" type use.
> 
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
> 
> 
> >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.
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> >See:
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> >or learn how to finish off your plates
> >www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/finish.htm
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