agitable lamps
Lamps with usually one or two vertical wick tubes projecting from a tightly closed reservoir. From the patent of John Miles of Birmingham, England, 1787; so called because the fuel is protected from spillage when agitated.
Lamps with usually one or two vertical wick tubes projecting from a tightly closed reservoir. From the patent of John Miles of Birmingham, England, 1787; so called because the fuel is protected from spillage when agitated.
