I have had a part off this model lamp for 20 years just sitting around not knowing what it fitted. So on it went with a nice shade just for @Jean J and it fired asap as well.
And would you believe the company still exists? About The Aerogen Company | Flame Treatment Specialists
Very good, I like the green tinted shade with flowers and I notice the address on the plate on the burner housing is different to the one on the advertising flyer.
I have this listed but just with Bentley as a retailer so the manufacturer info is really good thanks for posting this, ::Neil::
It could be petrol vapour-air mixture:- Aerogen petrol air safety gas for country houses : for lighting, heating, cooking ... : Watts, Fincham & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I've actually done some 'homemade' experiments related to what they they are currently into:- flame surface treatment. For that, I was into improving paint adherence on some particularly "difficult to coat" plastic surfaces like HDPE and polypropylene. I had carried out flame treatment on the plastic surfaces prior to spray painting in order to improve the adherence of the paint...to make it more resistant to peeling.
A little more research : Article in OZ AEROGEN GAS - Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) - 14 Jan 1912 MODERN METHODS OF ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION. PART IV Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41338786 A patent in 1951 US2693947A - Gas manufacture - Google Patents It does seem that many companies made "aerogen gas" generators.
I wrote an article for de-Wikipedia about that type of miniature gasworks. Aerogengas – Wikipedia alternative names are Luftgas ("air-gas") or Benoidgas The papers the article is based on are: Aerogengas: aus dem "Journal für Gasbeleuchtung" 1901 - gefunden von WWW.COLAG.DE Luftgas - gefunden von WWW.COLAG.DE - Continental Licht As nobody translated these yet, they are all German. Google translate will help (a little at least). An other person found a nice ad about it: User:Gerd Fahrenhorst: (public domain: Zeitschrift "Die Woche" Heft vom 10-September 1904 Nummer 37 S. XII) Erik
Thanks Marko - But just for clarity - can I ask if it is a pressure lantern with a vapoursiser ? or does it do something clever to create vapour out of the tank ? - is the longer bit coming out of the top of the tank a schrader valve or similar ?
Thank you very much for the links @Erik Leger Very informative but most here might have some difficulties with translation from German to English. I find that direct or literal translations from German to English often do not fully reflect the original essence or meanings. Would be interesting if anyone makes a home setup for Luftgas production .
