Also, don't forget that the early automobiles (and "horseless carriages" long before) were fitted with carbide/acetylene lamps ... Bray was a major manufacturer of a great variety of such tips, too: https://www.google.com/search?q=bray+acetylene+burner&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpkuWV07jeAhWE0FMKHb-QAz8QsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1600&bih=1058#imgrc=H3d8_Y1e2sA1FM: On 11/3/2018 11:03 AM, Tim Mancl wrote: > Wow. I've never seen the batswing tip for a carbide lamp. And yes, I nearly tempered my certainty thinking someone would prove me wrong. > > I looked around again at gaslamp tips, and it appears that they are likely to be threaded. So, carbide lamp tip sounds good. > > Tim Mancl > TJM Historical Consulting > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the HISTARCH list: > write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the HISTARCH list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1