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Titles: 'Majestic' carbide bicycle lamp (Supplied title)
Description: A 'Majestic' carbide bicycle lamp patented in 1899. The brass lamp functioned by slowly dripping water from the rounded reservoir into the barrel-like bottom tank which held calcium carbide (CaC2, a hard, grayish-black solid). This caused a release of acetylene gas which was subsequently burned for light. The lamp lens is mounted atop the water reservoir and has a clear lens in the bell-shaped frame at front, and two roughly cut green glass sidelights. The lamp has a semi-circular hook for mounting onto a bicycle. Made by Edward Miller and Company in Meriden, Connecticut.
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