Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Invented by American inventor Charles H. Stonebridge and introduced in 1900, the Stonebridge 'Automatic' Folding Lantern was highly popular among campers, hikers, Scouts, and other outdoors enthusiasts and was even officially adopted by the U.S. Army and other militaries during the First World War.

0:00 Introduction
0:46 C.H. Stonebridge Mfg. Co.
2:16 Unfolding Process
2:44 Mica / Isinglass
3:55 Evolutionary Stages
4:27 1900 Pattern
5:03 Intermediate/Late Short Pattern
6:09 Tall Patterns
7:06 Replica Features
7:35 Design Flaws
8:16 Users
9:00 Other Folding Lanterns
9:26 Outro

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