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Coleman's made their first lantern, Model L or Arc lantern, sometimes referred to as Model 316 (the globe part number), from 1914 to 1925 (Strong, cited in Becker). It is based on their Model 250 hollow wire lamp.
The Coleman Lantern is a line of pressure lamps first introduced by the Coleman Company in 1914. This led to a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline. Current models use kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light.
- Sanitary towels... A material called Cellucotton had already been invented before war broke out, by what was then a small US firm - Kimberly-Clark. The company's head of research, Ernst Mahler, and its vice-president, James, C Kimberly, had toured pulp and paper plants in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia in 1914 and spotted a material five times more absorbent than cotton and - when mass-produced - half as expensive.
- and paper hankies. Marketing sanitary pads was not easy, however, partly because women were loath to buy the product from male shop assistants. The company urged shops to allow customers to buy it simply by leaving money in a box.
- Sun lamp. In the winter of 1918, it's estimated that half of all children in Berlin were suffering from rickets- a condition whereby bones become soft and deformed.
- Daylight saving time. The idea of putting the clocks forward in spring and back in autumn was not new when WW1 broke out. Benjamin Franklin had suggested it in a letter to The Journal of Paris in 1784.
Feb 23, 2015 · These cost-effective lamps, although made from the remnants of a terrible explosion, were advertised as a celebration of victory in WWI and often called "A lamp that can never be made again."
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May 8, 2024 · However, not many are made in the USA with all domestically sourced materials. So, we did some digging to find brands that make lighting right here in the USA. Here’s what we found, as well as tips for finding the country of origin for lighting and other products.
Apr 3, 2009 · Indeed, from prehistoric times through the first quarter of the 19th Century A.D. the lamp of the average citizen was a shallow little dish, filled with oil or grease in which a wick or rag floated. Such a device produced a little light and a lot of carbon.
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Dec 2, 2017 · Dec 2, 2017 Ian Harvey. World War I introduced 20 th century inventions that proved so useful that they remained popular long after the war was over. Here are the stories behind the most interesting inventions: Sun lamps.
