NOTE: The bottom of the long section is to add kerosene and the short section is to change the flint! All vintage trench lighters are empty, so please fill fuel before the actual lighting PORTABLE ...

In the 19th century, a Polish pharmacist invented the kerosene lamp – a device that quickly went on to light up Europe. He also went on to open the first oil mine and kerosene refinery in the world, ...

Operating since 1846, the cast-iron lighthouse originally used a kerosene light to warn sailors within 40 miles of the treacherous coral reefs extending as far as 16 miles offshore. Today ...