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The first lamps were filled with animal fats, shallow stone bowls, which had a small groove on the edge of the wick. The wicks were initially only from plant fibers, and later from fabric remnants. Such shell lamps were used in some regions already years ago about 10,000.
Early oil lamps for many centuries, this type of lamp developed further barely even when different fuels and housing forms from clay and stone appeared. A substantial improvement has been made possible by the use of vegetable oils. Now the shells could be covered and thus protected from contamination. Among the Romans, oil lamps were a mass product. Some lamp manufacturers stamped their names on the bottoms of the products, these pieces are referred koizumi to as Company lamps. Many Roman oil lamps were decorated, the area of the upper surface koizumi on which the subject is attached, is called the mirror. This usually is also the hole for filling the oil. The wick is inserted into the front extension of the lamp, the so-called snout.
The fuels (fat, tallow, fish oil, oil) used are thick, so they can to a few centimeters in the wick upward rise only a few millimeters. Does the fuel to run out, burn up a portion of the wick. Oil lamps are older than candles. References to candles, there are only applied to the first century AD But even centuries later candles were still more expensive than oil lamps. Because declined in the Middle Ages trade of olive oil, preferably one made use of in the north of the Alps countries kindling, torches and tallow candles. Candles were often used in the sacral area.
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The first lamps were filled with animal fats, shallow stone bowls, which had a small groove on the edge of the wick. The wicks were initially only from plant fibers, and later from fabric remnants. Such shell lamps were used in some regions already years ago about 10,000.
Early oil lamps for many centuries, this type of lamp developed further barely even when different fuels and housing forms from clay and stone appeared. A substantial improvement has been made possible by the use of vegetable oils. Now the shells could be covered and thus protected from contamination. Among the Romans, oil lamps were a mass product. Some lamp manufacturers stamped their names on the bottoms of the products, these pieces are referred koizumi to as Company lamps. Many Roman oil lamps were decorated, the area of the upper surface koizumi on which the subject is attached, is called the mirror. This usually is also the hole for filling the oil. The wick is inserted into the front extension of the lamp, the so-called snout.
The fuels (fat, tallow, fish oil, oil) used are thick, so they can to a few centimeters in the wick upward rise only a few millimeters. Does the fuel to run out, burn up a portion of the wick. Oil lamps are older than candles. References to candles, there are only applied to the first century AD But even centuries later candles were still more expensive than oil lamps. Because declined in the Middle Ages trade of olive oil, preferably one made use of in the north of the Alps countries kindling, torches and tallow candles. Candles were often used in the sacral area.
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