Main entry:

Thwing, Leroy, 1879-1967, author.

Title & Author:

Flickering flames : a history of domestic lighting through the ages / by Leroy Thwing.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Rutland, VT : Published for the Rushlight Club, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958.
Toyko : Printed ... by Obun Printing Company, Ltd.

Description:

xvi, 138 pages, 96 numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early lighting devices: Classical lamps ; Wood-burning utensils -- Medieval lighting: Simple lamps ; Float lamps -- Grease lamps: Pan lamps, cruises and wick-support lamps ; Pan lamps in the Dreyfus Collection ; Wick channel lamps or cruises ; Witch lamps ; Pottery lamps -- Spout lamps: Lucernas ; Flemish spout lamps ; Cape Cod lamps -- Betty and other wick-support lamps: Pewter Betty lamps ; Other wick-support lamps ; Kettle lamps ; Cardan's lamp ; Time and clock lamps -- Lamps with vertical wick tubes: Pump lamps ; Miles patent lamps ; Whale oil lamps ; Tests on whale oil burners ; Priests' lamps ; Peg and petticoat lamps ; Pig lamps ; Canting lamps ; Lens lamps -- Lard oil lamps -- Burning fluid lamps: Camphene lamps ; Vapor lamps -- Patent lamps: The Kinnear patent lamp ; The Zuriel swope lamps -- The Rumford lamp -- Argand lamps -- Astral, moderator and other lamps with argand burners: Astral lamps ; Sinumbra lamps ; Solar lamps ; Mantel-arm lamps ; Moderator lamps ; Carcel lamps ; Oleostatic lamps -- The Menorah, Hanukkah and Sabbath lamps: The Menorah ; The Hanukkah ; Sabbath lamp -- Lanterns -- Kerosene or coal oil lamps: The Hitchcock lamp -- The candle group -- Rushlights, tapers and candles: Rushlights ; Links ; Tapers -- Candles: Candle making ; Candle molds -- Holding devices for rushlights, tapers and candles: Rushlight holders ; Taper holders ; Alpine holders -- Candlesticks and holders: Prickets ; Candlesticks ; Candleholders ; Candle accessories ; Savealls -- Water lenses, chafing balls and rolling lamps.

ISBN:

0804801851 (Hardcover)
9780804801850 (Hardcover)

Subject:

Lighting History.
Éclairage Histoire.
Lighting

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Rushlight Club.
Charles E. Tuttle Co., publisher.
Obun Printing Company, printer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44408
Call No.: W12928; ID:89-B3964
Status: Available