Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I've had an interest in mantle lanterns ever since the excellent Technology Connections made a video series on them a few years ago. Let's take a look at a mint-in-box Coleman lantern, with some background on how they work.

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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
02:47 - How they work
07:05 - The history
07:50 - The box
11:35 - History + how they work cont'd
16:50 - About mantles
22:09 - Lantern overview
28:58 - Fuel
33:49 - Running the lantern
48:31 - Conclusion

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