Author: CLARK AND CO.
Title: Manufacturers of the Perfect Camphine Lamp.
Description: 447, West Strand, [1845] Poster, 245 x 190 mm. a little creased with a chip to the bottom corner. This item may have at some time been mounted and will bear traces on the reverse of adhesive or removal of mounts. Camphine, a purified spirit of turpentine, dominated the market from the decline of whale oil due to scarcity and an increase in price, and the development of kerosene from petroleum in the 1850s.

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