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  1. Mar 10, 2024, 07:13 PM #1
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    Vintage kerosene lamp - GIF

    Vintage kerosene lamp.




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    Looks more like white gas, or Coleman fuel to me. IIRC, the mantle has a bit of thorium in it. Should be mildly radioactive.

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    Usually paraffin (https://www.nationwidefuels.co.uk/oi...sene-paraffin/) in Petromax HK500 lamps, that's a copy with spirit pre-heat burning, genuine Petromax's have a built in blowtorch fast pre-heater
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