F. B. Rogers Alcohol Lamp

[@vetinger]

It is an alcohol burner. If you will add a glass it will become a lamp, but low lighting....

[@ShahinAmerian]

Really Beautiful piece of art and engineering .

[@thomaswilliams2273]

Thanks. I've seen these before and wondered. It looks like you could use them in place of a sterno can.

[@gerry5134]

No wick to burn away! It's sort of like a primus stove but uses only alcohol instead of paraffin with alcohol to get it started.

[@unhippy1]

There is a wick inside the piece that moves up and down

[@gerry5134]

@@unhippy1 ah okay 👍🏼 I can't see the advantage of this over a traditional oil lamp unless it is to use as a heater / stove for boiling water ect

[@unhippy1]

@@gerry5134 they were used as a clean heat source for the same sort of things you would use a Bunsen burner for now.....oil flames leave a soot residue that can contaminate whatever is being heated....alcohol doesn't

[@gerry5134]

@@unhippy1 is the base pressurised by the pump handle on the side (like on an old paraffin/kerosene primus stove?) Just wondering

[@unhippy1]

@@gerry5134 no....the handle only raises and lowers the wick holder.....it has a wick so why would it need to be pressurized?

[@doktaahwho8858]

Well it sucks as a lamp but might be a good stove. Yellow flame for light, or in the case of a lantern white, blue flame for a stove. This thing is somewhere in between.

[@gerry5134]

Hey your right about that; it wouldn't burn very bright as a lamp !

[@peetsnort]

Probably to disinfect old medical equipment

[@Kuznec_Alexandrovich]

Perfect and interesting model

[@rosacam6765]

I got one of these at an estate sale for $8, but it’s stuck cannot get it to move up and down. Not sure how to fix it.

[@mariannehotz1598]

this is the heat source for an F.B. Rogers silverplate coffee urn or hot water dispenser. I know because I have one and found this video on how to use it.

[@furkansenturk3915]

Do you have a video of how you did it

[@Игорь-д6ъ]

Есть видео, как он его купил.

[@questions6746]

It's not a lamp. It's a burner for tests etc.

[@tioco12]

Can you refill the alcohol that’s inside?

[@testhappy1754]

Yes, I will update video when I return to NY.

[@gigabit7079]

Do you believe it was disposable ? 🙂

[@Blackwolf1400]

I found one of those and bought it but never new the name of it.

[@gustavofilho9309]

Nunca tinha visto um desse. Como se chama?

[@stephensgate1]

I like to buy one.

[@StrGzr101]

I'd like to make one.

[@AMC-eq3jr]

Ebay 1920s Manufacturer: Sternau & Company

[@tahanlaoboy]

I might make the similar ones and bigger

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Can you use lamp oil in it?

[@angelcordova2312]

,donde se compra?

[@melalakyuk2104]

How to make it

[@papuchu]

It's more a stove or heather than a lamp, cause alcohol flame has a poor light

[@EliasFazInvencao]

Essa lamparina tem um tubo perfurado com um pavio interno que sobe e deve

[@janmelsa3820]

Pěkná věcička

[@Jerseyhighlander]

Silent movies in the 21st century...

[@chadwedul1787]

WTH is it good for?

[@StrGzr101]

Eggsackly.

[@doinsngoins]

I have one , I think dental and jewelry makers use them

[@thomaswilliams2273]

It looks close to the height of a can of sterno. You could use it in a sterno stove or chafing dish.

[@doinsngoins]

@Thomas Williams yes I have one of these and use it like you suggest, works well.

[@中谷美紀-s5y]

なんだこれ、面白そう もう絶版ですかね

[@reyadh]

from where you buy this

[@testhappy1754]

Thank you for watching this video. I bought it at an antique shop in Somerville, NJ.

[@haimcohen3074]

huw muche ?

[@AMC-eq3jr]

Ebay bid: 1920s Manufacturer: Sternau & Company