This terracotta lamp decorated with two fishes and a horse would have been used by the ancient Romans for artificial light; it would have been fuelled by olive oil and could easily be carried from ...

In the 19th century, a Polish pharmacist invented the kerosene lamp – a device that quickly went on to light up Europe ... Trzecieski managed to dissuade him. Around 1861 a new, large deposit of oil ...

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“The previous owners moved it onto this acreage block from a very old part of Toowoomba.” Melanie and Stuart Parker, ...

While much of the early demand for oil was for kerosene and oil lamps, it wasn't until 1901 that ... than any other country's capacity by a large margin. The reason we're not awash in cheap ...

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning. Give me oil in my lamp, I pray. Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, Keep me burning till the break of day. ChorusSing hosanna, sing hosanna ...

An illuminated oil system warning light (usually red with the outline of a vintage oil can) or low-pressure indication on an oil pressure gauge are signs that the oil level is extremely low ...

“I see what they did to try and keep the appearance but I miss the oil lamps and old fashion physique. I used to feel like I ...

We particularly liked how [Cat0Charmer] hollowed out the old capacitors and installed the new modern ones inside of them, preserving the tester’s vintage ... internal neon lamps, used by the ...

In 2014, when the artist Dan McCarthy moved from Brooklyn into a converted schoolhouse in upstate New York, he decided the ...

“As a result of detailed seismic data analysis by the geoscience team, Perenco identified new channels in which a large quantity of oil has been discovered,” it noted. On the Paravare ...