[Stoves] Gas lamp efficiency

[AJH]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:25:13 -0400, Crispin at newdawn.sz wrote:

>>>Hurricane (kerosene)0.35 lm/W
>
>This is for a wick lamp of the glass and metal frame type and an adjusting 
>knob on the side.  They burn much brighter if "illuminating paraffin" is 
>used.


I can see this, in fact I have seen reference to bubbling town gas
through a hydrocarbon oil of some sort to improve luminescence of an
open flame. So it really only makes a difference to a wick lamp rather
than a mantle lamp. I must admit I wasn't sure whether a "hurricane"
lamp was one or the other.

AJH