Old carbide lamps - GIF

Old carbide lamps.

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Previously:

<div style="display:inline-block; white-space:normal;"><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/tooltalk_17291242222443.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Calcium carbide lamp</span></span><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://homemadetools-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hmt/1692197549_making_glass_bottle_lamp_thumb.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Making a glass bottle lamp</span></span></div>

Used to have one of those when I was a kid. Not sure what ever happened to it. We use to use carbide to "shoot" can lids back and forth across the street. Can with a small hole in the bottom. A little water, piece of carbide, in the can. Press the lid on, waih a little. Touch a match to the hole. BOOM shoot the lid out.

Ah the good ole days. LOL