Oil-lamp clock

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18th Century oil-lamp clock
18th Century oil-lamp clock

Oil-lamp clocks were early time-keeping devices consisting of a graduated glass reservoir to hold oil - usually whale oil, which burned cleanly and evenly - supplying the fuel for a built-in lamp. As the level in the reservoir dropped, it provided a rough measure of the passage of time.


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