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kerosene lamp

type of lighting device
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Summary

kerosene lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,829 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: lamp[2]
  • Commons category: Kerosene lamps[3]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[4], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000561[6]

Why It Matters

kerosene lamp has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 67 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q123035442
    Harper's tag → kerosene-lamps
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: kerosene-lamps, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945376|kerosene lamps (#289945376)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source of energy → Q76904
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Source of energy: kerosene"
  3. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 15716, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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