Tilley lamp
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2008-07-08T23:08:32Z
Mark Kilby
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[[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]]
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==References==
Jim Dick " A History of Tilley Lamps" ISBN 0-646-39330-8
==See also==
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==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]
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