File:History of Inventions USNM 05 Lamp 01.jpg
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English: No. 1. Firefly lamp. Perforated tree gourd in which fireflies are confined for light. West Indies.
No. 2. Lamp made from the skull of a sheep . 178,186 No. 3. Lamp. Pecten shell with oil and wick of rush pith mounted on a forked branch. Ainos, Japan 178,187 No. 4. Lamp. Unworked beach stone, with concavity, supplied with fiber wick and oil. Aleuts, Alaska 13.017 No. 5. Lamp. Hollowed beach stone with moss wick arranged along one edge. Eskimos, Alaska 16,900 No. 6. Lamp. Fusus shell suspended. Orkney Islands 178,188 No. 7. Saucer lamp with shallow grooves for wick. India. No. 8. Lamp. Terra-cotta saucer. India 164,920 No. 9. Saucer lamp with pinched-up spout for wick. Ancient Syria. No. 10. Stone lamp with pointed spout. Cashmere, India. No. 11. Lamp of terra cotta. Reservoir almost closed over; spout for wick. Roman 74,561 No. 12. Lamp of terra cotta. Reservoir closed over; spout for wick. Roman. |
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| Source | Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl. |
| Author | United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. |
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