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kerosene lamp

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kerosene lamp

Summary

kerosene lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kerosene lamp is a type of lamp[2].
  • kerosene lamp's Commons category is recorded as Kerosene lamps[3].
  • kerosene lamp's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[4].
  • kerosene lamp's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • kerosene lamp's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000561[6].

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Definition and Type

kerosene lamp is a type of lamp[2].

Why It Matters

kerosene lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Subclass of → lamp
    Subclass of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15716, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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