There is no air tube, either, which slightly reduced the weight. It is roughly the same lantern, but it shunned the wood handle as a fire hazard.
The I元23 Air-O-Lantern followed the A元19 in 1915, a year after the AL's release. This lantern was discontinued around 1919 or 1920. This one, stamped Coleman, is dated 1917. Despite all the upgrades, less than 13,000 were sold across Coleman and its Yale and Sunshine subsidiaries in the 1910s. There is also a small slot underneath the globe rest where one could insert a match to light the lantern. The chimney was crafted of lighter-weight mica and the fount and top were still plated with nickel. The A元19 shipped at six pounds, less than half of its big brother, and measures 14 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter. It holds one less pint of fuel (a total of 3), a necessary sacrifice to reduce the size. Given their rarity, despite our having three, these lanterns sell for a good deal of money today.Ĭoleman's quick answer to the bulky 元16 was this Air-O-Lantern #319. Coleman, however, was not happy with its product's size, and quickly went to redesigning it.
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Despite the setbacks, the lantern sold well - after all, a 300 candlepower portable lighting machine was enticing for many workers of the time. The biggest contributors to the nickel-plated brass lantern's excessive weight were its two-quart fuel capacity and enormous glass globe. At a whopping fourteen pounds before fuel, eight-inch diameter, and twenty-inch height, it was hard to carry. Designed for farm use, it was an unintuitive piece of equipment, but also a starting point. The first lantern Coleman produced, the 元16 Arc Lantern released in 1914, was the first of its kind. Jerry's Coleman Collection - Coleman Lanterns I
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