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Fountain lamps

Scope note

Lamps in which the raising of the oil is effected by the pressure of a liquid of greater specific gravity acting through a column of air. Based on an adaptation of Hero's fountain (220 BCE). For lamps employing the bird-fountain principle use "Cardan lamps."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000189962

Broader Terms used

<lamps by form>

Term used for

lamps, fountain

Equivalent Terms used

fountain lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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