Vintage kerosene lamp - GIF

Vintage kerosene lamp.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...017#post187414
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...931#post171597
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...597#post212528
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...730#post163389
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...166#post227306

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

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 https://youtu.be/nI27kp-1ALk?si=gXuzC__j7PKBsxRc see my bio-pic for more...