From: ygmir (ygmir@onemain.com)
Date: Tue Oct 25 2005 - 19:01:02 PDT
Mr. Bloom,
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> Esteemed Fuel Alternators:
the oil lamps used by the Romans worked more like a candle.The wicks were
just open to the air, and, the oil wicked up and burned open.
The lamps I'm assuming you are using are for Kero, pretty much only. Liquid
paraffin will work, too.
Olive or vegetable oil will burn, but, since it's not a volatile as kero,
etc, it'd probably really soot your lamps and air, if it'd burn at all in
those lamps.
Of course, you could have lit the candles , forgot the lamps,and, rubbed the
oil all over eachother, like the Romans........
Then it wouldn't really matter if the lamps, or lights, worked at
all........
Good luck,
Henry
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
>
> We suffered through yet another power outage that lasted two hours the
> other
> night.
>
> When Mr. Bloom went to fire up the kerosene lamps, he discovered that Mrs.
> Bloom had emptied and cleaned them, so that they "would look nice on the
> mantle."
>
> Not having any kero at hand, Mr. Bloom abandoned the lamp idea, lit a few
> candles, finished his newspaper, and went to bed.
>
> Question: Could Mr. Bloom have used olive oil in the lamps? Isn't that
> what
> the ancient Romans used to illuminate their debauchery? Would it have
> stunk
> up the room as bad as, or worse than, kero? How about plain old vegetable
> oil?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Arthur P. "This discussion beats Jerry cans" Bloom
>
>
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