Tilley lamp 5151640 224462284 2008-07-08T23:08:32Z Mark Kilby 1179803 add video media [[Image:Tilley-storm-lantern-X246-May-1978.jpg‎|thumb|200px|Tilley storm lantern X246B May 1978, this model is still in production since 1964]] [[Image:Tilley-radiator-R55-from-7-1957.jpg|thumb|200px|Large Tilley radiator R55 from July 1957]] [[Image:Tilley Lamp ogg.ogg|thumb|right|Operation of a Tilley lamp. Video.]]The '''Tilley Lamp''' derives from John Tilley’s invention of the [[hydro-pneumatic blowpipe]] in 1813. W.H.Tilley were manufacturing [[Kerosene_lamp#Pressure_lamp|pressure lamps]] at their works in [[Stoke Newington]] in 1818, and [[Shoreditch]] in the 1830s. The company moved to Brent Street in [[Hendon]] in 1915 during [[World War I]], and started work with [[paraffin]] (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps. During [[World War II]] the Tilley Lamp was widely used in the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a [[genericized trademark|generic name]] for [[Kerosene lamp]] in many parts of the world, in much the same way as [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] is for vacuum cleaners. During the 1920s the company had diversified into domestic lamps, and had expanded rapidly after orders from a number of railway companies. After [[World War II]] fears about the poisonous effect of paraffin fumes, and freely available electricity reduced demand for domestic use. The company moved from Hendon to [[Ireland]] in the early 1960s, finally settling in [[Belfast]]. It moved back to England in 2000. [[Image:Tilley-table-lamp-TL10g.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Tilley Lamp TL10 from 1922-1946]] {{clear}} ==References== Jim Dick " A History of Tilley Lamps" ISBN 0-646-39330-8 ==See also== {{ArtificialLightSources}} ==External links== *[http://www.tilleylamp.co.uk/ Company Website] *[http://www.hytta.de/info/en_petromax.htm Principles of Operation] *[http://www.be-back-later.com/forums/ Historical Lamp Forum] *[http://www.elisanet.fi/LightBringer/ Pressure lantern collection] *[http://www.tilleylamps.co.uk/ Tilley Lamp resource ] *[http://terrence.marsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lantern/tilleyindustriallamps.html Terry Marsh's site] [[Category:Lamps]] [[fi:Tilley-lamppu]]