In the 19th century, a Polish pharmacist invented the kerosene lamp – a device that quickly went on to light up Europe. He also went on to open the first oil mine and kerosene refinery in the world, ...

Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable ...

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The best portable lamps, on the other hand, can lift the flush mount curse upon your apartment and offer a warm, diffused ...

Growing up in Tarlac, we had electricity in town, but as late as the 1960s, the barrios where my parents came from—Tibag and Singat in Pura—remained in darkness at night and relied solely on kerosene ...