Lampe Pigeon: non-explosive (gasoline/petrol vapour lamp, French)

[KingOfChaos213]

thats a nice lamp, i might get myself one for the cold winter nights.

[ReidOphone]

I hope you can get one. They were ubiquitous in France and all over Europe, for decades.

[dannycuk1986]

Where was the explosion!? lampe? u mean Lame!

[ReidOphone]

These were made at an early date when gasoline was an unneeded byproduct of petroleum refining. Oil was the main want. Gasoline, before the horseless carriage, was considered dangerously explosive, and was even dumped into American rivers; one account reported that a river caught fire! But the Inventor made the petrol/gasoline principle safe (non-explosive). Hence, the metal body, unbreakable if dropped. hth, r.

[ReidOphone]

How it works: it does not explode, not even if dropped. The can is filled with woolen fiber.

Soaked in "essence", gasoline or petrol to English speakers, this lamp makes a whiter and somewhat better light than plain old kerosene flat wick lamps.