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kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle...

A candle wick or lamp wick is usually made of braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. A candle wick works by capillary action, conveying...

is required. A textile wick drops down into the oil, and is lit at the end, burning the oil as it is drawn up the wick. Oil lamps are a form of lighting...

combustion of the candle wick and oil than in other lamps required much less frequent trimming of the wick. In France, the lamp is called "Quinquet", after...

दीपम्, romanized: Dīpam) is an oil lamp made from clay or mud with a cotton wick dipped in oil or ghee. These lamps are commonly used in the Indian subcontinent...

wick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wick most often refers to: Capillary action ("wicking") Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp Solder...

The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed...

uses an internal wick holder to eliminate fuel drip common with older lamp designs. This internal wick holder feature made the Betty lamp design very popular...

a wick. The Argand lamps used a gravity feed which meant that the oil reservoir was located above the burner, casting a shadow and making the lamp top...

Look up LAMP or lamp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lamp, Lamps or LAMP may refer to: Oil lamp, using an oil-based fuel source Kerosene lamp, using...

of the Southern Ocean, sealing his makeshift wood and canvas deck with lamp wick, oil paint and seal blood. After surviving a series of dangers, including...

the lamps. This care involved trimming the wick, which drew the oil up from the storage reservoir, so that the flame would be clean and bright. Lamp trimmers...

splinters of resinous wood, and lamps to provide artificial illumination at night. Primitive oil lamps in which a lit wick rested in a pool of oil or fat...

them being adopted in lighthouses. A moderator lamp provides a pressurized supply of oil to the lamp wick by use of a spiral spring-loaded piston operating...

"perfume lamp", "effusion lamp," or "catalytic lamp", a fragrance lamp is a lamp that disperses scented alcohol using a catalytic combustion wick consisting...

which are adapted to rapidly absorb the poisonous mixture, acting like a lamp wick. It thereby creates a defense mechanism that can sicken or even kill predators...

following features: A wick (to hold the oil and allow it to be drawn down slowly by capillary action, just as an oil-lamp wick or candle wick fed oil or melted...

shaped. The taqquti or wick trimmers, also known as lamp feeders, were made of wood, willow, soapstone, bone or ivory. The wick was mostly made of Arctic...

long coat. The fat of the demons was used as oil and their nerves as the lamp wick. Rituals during the Mylar Jatre (fair) include the Karanika Utsava (bow-climbing...

Watch Out! An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo! An' you hear the crickets quit, an'...