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Oil Lamp

An oil lamp is an object that produces continuous light using an oil-based fuel. Oil lamps were used for thousands of years before electricity and were commonly associated with stories about genies. Starting in the late 18th century, improved oil lamp designs like the Argand lamp replaced older styles, though kerosene lamps replaced them in the mid-19th century. Rural areas continued using kerosene lamps into the early 20th century until electrification. Today, oil lamps are mainly used when nonelectric light is needed or for their atmospheric effects in rituals.

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Oil Lamp

An oil lamp is an object that produces continuous light using an oil-based fuel. Oil lamps were used for thousands of years before electricity and were commonly associated with stories about genies. Starting in the late 18th century, improved oil lamp designs like the Argand lamp replaced older styles, though kerosene lamps replaced them in the mid-19th century. Rural areas continued using kerosene lamps into the early 20th century until electrification. Today, oil lamps are mainly used when nonelectric light is needed or for their atmospheric effects in rituals.

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n oil lamp is an object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source.

The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and is continued to this day, although not commonly anymore. Often associated with stories about genies, rubbing the lamp in which a genie would live was said to summon it. Oil lamps are a form of lighting, and were used as an alternative to candles before the use of electric lights. Starting in 1780 the Argand lamp quickly replaced other oil lamps still in their basic ancient form. These were, in turn, replaced by the kerosene lamp in about 1850. In small towns and rural areas these continued in use well into the 20th century, until such areas were finally electrified, and light bulbs could be used for lighting. Most modern lamps (such as fueled lanterns) have been replaced with gas-based or petroleum-based fuels to operate when emergency nonelectric light is required. As such, oil lamps of today are primarily used for the particular ambience they produce, or in rituals and religious ceremonies.

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