Clean Lamps.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 4, 1 February 1909, Page 127

Clean Lamps.

While it is common knowledge that acetylene lamps must be kept scrupulously clean, motorists often imagine that an oil lamp ought to run a whole year without an internal clean. One of the commonest reasons for oil lamps going out is the choking of the draught holes in the cap of the lamp by heavy deposits of carbon. These should ';e looked for and removed before any lengthy drive by night. The other essentials are a good lamp, a good oil, and a clean, dry wick.