SIX RULES FOR LAMPS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 53.

SIX RULES FOR LAMPS.

1. LET the wick always touch the bottom of the lamp, and trim the top square and even, cutting off the corners. In student lamps rub off the crust on the wicks, and never cut them.

2. Fill lamps within half an inch of the top. If too full the oil runs out, and especially when lighted, greasing everything that touches it.

3. In lighting, turn the wick up slowly, that the chimney may heat gradually and thus not crack.

4. Keep the wick turned high enough to burn freely. If too low a poisonous and explosive gas is generated.

5. A free draft is as necessary with a lamp as with a fire, so keep all parts free from dirt.

6. Wash chimneys in hot suds and polish them with old newspapers.