Tilley lamp
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The Tilley Lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipein 1813. W.H.Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch 1830s. The company moved to Brent Street in Hendon in 1915 during World War One, and started work with paraffin (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps. During World War Two the Tilley Lamp was widely used in the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a generic name for Kerosene lamp, in many parts of the World in much the same way as 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 the World War Two 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 Belfast.
Books
Jim Dick " A History of Tilley Lamps" ISBN 0 646 39330 8
Links
- http://terrence.marsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lantern/tilleyindustriallamps.html
- http://www.tilleylamp.co.uk/
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