kerosene lamp

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kerosene
noun[U]
uk
/ˈker.ə.siːn/us
/ˈker.ə.siːn/
a clear liquid with a strong smell made from coal or petroleum and used as a fuel in ...
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lamp
noun[C]
uk
/læmp/us
/læmp/
a device for giving light, especially one that has a covering or is contained ...
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(Definition ofkeroseneandlampfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During his youth unable to afford the book he had copied out the entire text word by word under akerosenelamp.
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These were, in turn, replaced by thekerosenelampin about 1850.
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The light originally carried akerosenelampand it was updated with electric power in 1961.
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This company was founded in 1934 as a dealer inkerosenelampparts and is still in business today.
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The elimination of kerosene smoke is a health benefit, and the light is also brighter than akerosenelamp.
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The first light used was akerosenelamp.
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Initially the lighthouse had akerosenelamp.
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Akerosenelampwas saved, and is currently hanging in the church.
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Originally it carried a colza oil lamp which was changed to akerosenelamp1884.
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It used akerosenelampwith a gas mantle.
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A solar lamp costs about the same as a few months of kerosene for akerosenelamp, and provides many years of light.
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In 1873 the light was updated with akerosenelamp.
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The light was akerosenelamp.
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The new structure was a cylindrical steel mast suppording a wooden frame; this held a three-wickkerosenelamp.
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The original light source was a vaporizedkerosenelampwith an intensity of 100,000 cd and a visible range of around.
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At night, it was illuminated from behind by akerosenelampwhich was replaced by an electric light in 1915.
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The originalkerosenelampwas replaced by a petrol lamp and then an acetylene lamp in 1930.
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In the 1870s akerosenelampwas installed.
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