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glatt · 06-10-2014, 08:27 AM

Cool! The lantern is the only modern thing there, and even that is 50 year old technology.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2014, 11:34 AM

Yeah very old tech, I think 50 is being generous to Coleman, taken on a cell phone.

glatt · 06-10-2014, 12:09 PM

I wondered as I wrote that. I have vague recollections that the mantels had some sort of radioactive ingredient to make then shine brighter, so I figured they weren't 100 years old.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2014, 12:32 PM

Yeah but many a product was found to be dangerous long after they were put into common use. I think it's like the posh California hotels with a brass plaque saying there are chemicals inside that the state of CA says cause cancer. Pretty small risk, but don't give 'em to kids.

OK, you peaked my curiosity, had to look up the history. The first lamp was 1905, but the first one I saw with the types mantle we're familiar with was around 1950, so you were right.

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Lola Bunny · 06-14-2014, 12:08 AM

Yups.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2014, 02:45 PM

Doncha just hate it. Your favorite fishing spot, ready for some serious fish catching, and somebody barges in.

06-10-2014, 11:34 AM	#2
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah but many a product was found to be dangerous long after they were put into common use. I think it's like the posh California hotels with a brass plaque saying there are chemicals inside that the state of CA says cause cancer. Pretty small risk, but don't give 'em to kids. OK, you peaked my curiosity, had to look up the history. The first lamp was 1905, but the first one I saw with the types mantle we're familiar with was around 1950, so you were right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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06-23-2014, 02:45 PM	#7
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06-10-2014, 08:27 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Cool! The lantern is the only modern thing there, and even that is 50 year old technology.

06-10-2014, 12:09 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I wondered as I wrote that. I have vague recollections that the mantels had some sort of radioactive ingredient to make then shine brighter, so I figured they weren't 100 years old.

06-14-2014, 12:08 AM	#6
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Yups.

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