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with glass panes shows artistic perforations in the top and base. 

 The top is bell-shape and has a circular band handle. The material 

 of this artistic lantern is tinned iron. (PL 28c, fig. 3, Cat. No. 

 (149), Tetuan, Morocco; Talcott Williams; 17.3 inches (44 cm.) 

 high.) Lanterns with glass globes came into use about 1820, so far 

 as known. They were installed with either candle sockets or wick 

 tube lamps for burning fish oil. The circular handle was for slip- 

 ping over the arm or for the hand. Most of the specimens are 

 japanned. Some of this type are protected with a wire frame or 

 the globe is held between the top and bottom by a locking device or 

 sometimes cemented at the top. Of these (pi. 28c, fig. 5) is a small 

 globe lantern with wire handle and a hook for hanging on the 

 dashboard of a vehicle. The globe is blown glass. The lamp is 

 two-tube, with screw cap, and is removed by pressing two springs. 

 The specimen was placed about 1812 by the donor. (Cat. No. 175581, 

 Poland, Me.; W. P. Damon; 10.3 inches (26 cm.) high.) An arm 

 lantern in the collection has an octagonal cast glass globe and is 

 protected with wires. The bottom with candle socket is slid on 

 over two pegs and slightly rotated to catch the pegs in a horizontal 

 slot. The date is about 1820. (PI. 28<?, fig. 1, Cat. No. 130322, 

 Morgantown, W. Va.; Ashbel Fairchild; 15.3 inches (39 cm.) high.) 

 Another of about the same period has the octagonal glass globe 

 cemented to the top and bottom. The glass two-tube lamp is re- 

 moved by rotating it until two spurs coincide with two slots in the 

 circular frame. (PI. 28c, fig. 4, Cat. No. 175582, Poland, Me.; 

 W. P. Damon; 12.6 inches (32 cm.) high.) A more ornamental 

 form has four beveled plate-glass sides, a square base and top, and an 

 arm ring. It is fitted with a flat wick kerosene lamp with a spur 

 wheel wick ratchet. The bottom is hinged and may be turned down 

 for attending to the lamp. The older lanterns were without this 

 device. (PI. 28c, fig. 2, Cat. No. 292696, United States ; Isobel Rives ; 

 12.5 inches (32 cm.) high.) 



The transition from lanterns described to what became of the ac- 

 cepted form of lantern for many years is evident in different types. 

 The old types persisted until the use of kerosene, when all lighting 

 devices were profoundly modified. Invention perfected the tubular 

 lantern in the eighties and it was the current form for many years 

 and still has an immense sale. It is light, strong, reasonably wind 

 proof, and is the last Avord in effectiveness. A predecessor of the 

 tubular lantern was used by the United States Fish Commission 

 in 1870. The lantern was patented December 1, 1868, has a glass 

 tube held in a bow frame, suggesting the modern tubular farm 

 lantern, and a two- wick tube burner set in a lamp which is inserted 

 in the base of the lantern and held with spring clamps. The use of 



