You have seen them in antique stores, especially in mining towns: tarnished brass cylinders with a reflective dish on one side and a bracket for clipping them onto a ...

This week's restoration features a 100+ year-old carbide bicycle lamp made in Birmingham, England by the Joseph Lucas company. The lamp operates using a chemical reaction between water and calcium ...

Calcium carbide is created by heating a lime and carbon mixture in an arc furnace to a temperature of between 3,632 to 3,812 degrees. Calcium carbonate is a fairly hard substance that reacts violently ...

I first saw carbide lamps in the tool exhibit in the Vigo County Historical Museum. I did not know what they were — light bulb sockets, perhaps? So I did some research and found that the carbide lamps ...

Follow the restoration of a 100-year-old rusty Joseph Lucas bicycle carbide lamp. See the step-by-step process to bring this antique piece back to life, perfect for vintage bicycle enthusiasts.

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Anne Wareing on behalf of Margaret Coultherd and has been added to the site with her permission…. Clapham 1944 they didn’t know much about the war, ...