The bright orange flames of kerosene wick lamps used in millions of impoverished households around the world are significant sources of global warming and pollutants linked to respiratory diseases, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 4,000-year-old wick was discovered in its entirety in an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation near Yehud. (photo credit: EMIL ...

Do you know what wick trimmers are? Probably your great-grandmother had one or more pairs of them and used them daily. They are a kind of special scissors whose purpose is to trim the wicks on candles ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by John Fleming of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania that received patent ...

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Inmates of women and child care homes, old age homes and Kudumbashree women will be roped in to create Chekkutty lamp wicks and lanyards to mobilise funds for rebuilding Kerala, Inmates of women and ...

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