Talk:Lantern

Fire lanterns
Should Khoom Fay fire lanterns be discussed in this article, or do they deserve their own article? They are not exactly your everyday lanterns, and definitely do not serve nearly the same purpose. Perhaps they should be in the balloon article?

how about we have a section for specialisst lanterns in the main article,  with  links  to full articles on specialist lanterns pages?--Dr noire 20:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

There is so much that could be said about Kerosene lanterns (Like the railroad one)
Sometime there'll need to be a separate articel on them. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 17:49, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

tintin
tintin is the name of a smart boy in Vietnam, his name is actually Thinh Bui and he is a expert of Vietnam Travel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thinhbui (talk • contribs) 18:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Picture
There's is that picture that surely is Orthodox procession but not Russian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.75.103.246 (talk) 21:19, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

History of lanterns
The history section is just dire. It doesn't mention dates and only really covers china and india, mentioning fireflies in 'transparent or semi-transparent containers' This section could do with the following.
 * What is the earliest archaeological evidence of lanterns? (I know scallop shells have been used as lamps since the Palaeolithic, but I'm not sure they count as lanterns)
 * What is the earliest literary reference to a lantern
 * When did glass become a popular window (as opposed to perforated metal or thin horn)
 * If fireflies really were used in an early form of lantern, what the was the 'transparent or semi-transparent container' made of?

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Carbide lanterns
I'm the same person who added (while I was an ip user some minutes ago) a link (to carbide lantern) to the caption of an image that obliquely mentions refers to a wonderful means of converting a solid fuel intoflammable gas by (I kid you not!), "every little once in a while" adding some water into the fuel tank. Perhaps more detailed prose in lantern, mining, and chemistry articles, discussing, at least in passing, both the chemical reaction and a range of time scales re what cavers may still, and miners used to, employ in their respective pursuits. --Jerzy•t 03:20, 15 November 2018 (UTC) Very interesting Jerzy, but it looks like somebody already has at carbide lamp. Giano   (talk) 10:59, 15 November 2018 (UTC)