Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 326
ed to thehandle, by whichthe lamp was hungupon a chair-backor a nail. Thewick, made of atwisted cotton rag,was placed with itsend protrudingfrom the nose ofthe lamp, and pro-vided a dull, poorflame. Anotherlamp has the chainand the receptaclefor grease made ofbrass, while thehandle, the hookby… … Illus. 251. Betty Lamps, SeventeenthCentury. ARY. TIUDEN FOUNDATIONS.
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