Above: The Lampe Tempête is made by Guillouard of France, a rival to Fueurbrand. This one, in white, is $38.70 at the Goodhood Store. The lantern burns for 20 hours and features a sardine-can-style key for adjusting the height of the wick, a screw-top opening for oil, and the glass is both heat and frost resistant. Five to BuyĪbove: German company Feuerbrand have been manufacturing the 276 Storm Lantern since 1902. Above: UK company Toast used to make a great storm lantern in different colors (Toast, are you reading this? Please bring it back!) Vintage and new lanterns are widely available on eBay and Etsy for less than $50 each. Here are some classic oil-burning examples. Today hurricane lanterns are as likely to be used for entertaining in the garden and camping as they are for use in storms. With the turn of a small knob, the flame could be controlled according to the length of the wick-a luxury never before known. What is romantic to us now was miraculous back in 1783 when a Swiss physicist discovered a way to increase the flame’s power with the use of oil, a wick, a glass funnel, and oxygen. The better equipped turn to the hurricane oil lantern, which provides the light of at least a half dozen candles. The ill-prepared are plunged back in history to a time when candles served as the best form of illumination. It isn’t until the power goes out that we consider what the average evening was like before electric light. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map. Icon - Location Pin Used to showcase a location on a map. Icon - Dropdown Arrow Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Close Used to indicate a close action. Icon - Down Chevron Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Message The icon we use to represent an email action. Icon - External Link An icon we use to indicate a button link is external. Icon - Arrow Right An icon we use to indicate a leftwards action. Object Lessons: The Hurricane Lantern - Remodelista Icon - Arrow Left An icon we use to indicate a rightwards action.
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