kerosene lamp
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By the time his competitors got their oil out of the ground, Rockefeller owned every inch of infrastructure between the wellhead and the kerosene lamp.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
It was those experiences that led Grossman to help get burn treatment for Zubaida, a young woman from Afghanistan disfigured in an accident with a kerosene lamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“People typically are close to the kerosene lamp as well, causing them to really inhale a lot of the particles.”
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
She was born to a rice farmer who was a member of Uparbeda’s village council; as a child, she walked a kilometer to school each day and studied at night by kerosene lamp.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
At a wonderful store in Stonington, half hardware store and half ship’s chandler, I bought a kerosene lamp with a tin reflector for Rocinante.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
