Fountain lamps

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Jerarquía

Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Furnishings (Hierarchy Name) > furnishings (artifacts) > <furnishings by form or function> > lighting devices > <lighting devices by form> > lamps (lighting devices) > <lamps by form>

Descripción

Lamps in which the raising of the oil is effected by the pressure of a liquid of greater specific gravity acting through a column of air. Based on an adaptation of Hero's fountain (220 BCE). For lamps employing the bird-fountain principle use "Cardan lamps."

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300189962

Otros términos

  • fonteinlampen [nl]
  • lámparas fuentes [es]
  • fountain lamp [en]
  • lamps, fountain [en]
  • fonteinlamp [nl]
  • lámpara fuente [es]