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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 13209374, member: 360&quot;]This style of lamp is modelled after the early whale-oil lamps that operated in the early 1800s. The oil was very heavy and viscous. Because of that, it didn&#039;t rise up the wick so easily. Because of that, the oil reservoir had to be placed ABOVE the wick (that&#039;s what that ball thing is in the middle of the lamp) so that the oil would seep DOWN to the wick via gravity. THEN you could light it. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the later 1800s, they developed cleaner-burning kerosene which was more fluid, and could actually rise up a wick, so lamp designs changed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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