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Ships' lanterns in the collection are a small part of the number 

 ■which have been used in sail-bound commerce and other occupations 

 on the sea. They serve, however, to convey an idea of the character 

 of such lanterns employed on ships before the age of invention. 

 Especially prized is a large rigging lantern whose lines of strength 

 and dignity are due to the skill of a master designer of many 

 years ago. Some ship in the New Bedford whaling fleet possessed 

 this lantern. The body is hexagonal and the panes of glass protected 

 by a grid of iron bars. The turret is in two parts, covered with a 

 hood, above which is the suspending ring secured around the end of 

 an iron rod passing down through the lantern and secured in the 

 bottom. There are three candle sockets on the floor. The gracefully 

 curved handles on either side of the turret were not only useful but 

 add greatly to the completeness of the design of the lantern. (PL 

 30, fig. 1, Cat. No. 75376, New Bedford, Mass., J. T. Brown; 21.3 

 inches (54 cm.) high.) A small and comparatively new rigging 

 lantern with glass panes, handle of wire, and one candle socket, comes 

 from New Bedford, Mass. It is built of sheet iron and painted 

 green. This square lantern was used on fishing schooners in 1882 

 and before. (PI. 286, fig. 2, Cat. No. 75375 ; J. T. Brown ; 13.4 inches 

 (34 cm.) high.) A Danish ship lantern with octagonal base glazed, 

 a circular superstructure with ventilators, and a hood of fluted metal 

 is shown in Plate 27a, Figure 3. The lamp burns heavy oil and has 

 a circular wick installed around a tube as in the Argand and raised 

 by a rod lift having a spur. The lamp is inserted in the base of the 

 lantern by the pin and slot method. Within the lantern, resting on 

 pegs, is a chimney with wide flange and polished to serve as an aid 

 to ventilation and as a reflector. The lantern is excellently con- 

 structed of tinned sheet iron. The lantern was made by Lehmann, 

 Kjobenhavn ; no date. (PI. 27a, fig. 3, Cat. No. 178199 ; L. M. Turner ; 

 19.3 inches (49 cm.) high.) A ship's lantern of exceptional quality is 

 shown as Figure 6, Plate 28c. The lantern lamp has a flat wick, 

 but heavy oil was the fuel used. The globe is large and held between 

 the top and base by the wire frame. The lamp is removed from 

 below by the peg and slot method. The material from which the 

 lantern is made is brass. The hood and base perforations are high- 

 class work. The date is about 1840. (Cat. No. 325631, Alexandria, 

 Va. ; Walter Hough ; 14.6 inches (37 cm. ) high. ) A curious lantern for 

 hanging in an entry was collected in New Bedford, Mass., in 1882. 

 The two-tube burner places this specimen earlier and in the heavy-oil 

 period. The door is at one end. There are two reservoirs with two 

 burners on each. The lantern is glazed and strongly protected by wire 

 guards. The lantern is made of tin and painted green. The ventilat- 

 ing chamber has a trough-like shield open at the ends. (PI. 29a, fig. 



