What is Oil lamp?
[[File:Oil Lamp.JPG|thumb|right|A traditional oil lamp]] [[File:Oil Lamp Christian Symbol.jpg|thumb|Traditional oil lamp with a [[Christianity|Christian]] symbol]] An '''oil lamp''' is a [[lamp]] used for lighting by burning [[oil]]. Usually, it produces a flame by burning [[olive oil]], or another [[vegetable oil]], or [[whale]] oil during the 1700s and 1800s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oil History|url=http://www.petroleumhistory.org/OilHistory/pages/Whale/whale.html|publisher=Samuel T Pees|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref> They burned cleaner, with less smoke, than [[candle]]s and other sources of light before [[electricity]]. The lamps were usually made of [[pottery]] or metal or glass. An old story in the [[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|1001 Nights]] has [[Aladdin]] cleaning (rubbing the lamp) and making a [[Genie]] appear. Late in the 19th century, those lamps were mostly replaced by [[kerosene]] lamps. == Other websites == * [http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/index.shtml Ancient Lamps] == References == {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Lamps]]