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a tiny domesticated sun you keep in a box and switch on with a finger
means a device that produces light, especially one powered by oil, gas, or electricity and used to illuminate a room or space.
from From the Greek 'lampas,' meaning torch or light, built on the verb 'lampein,' to shine. It traveled through Latin 'lampada' and Old French 'lampe' before settling into English, so the word has glowed in roughly the same shape for a very long time — every lamp is, etymologically, a little kept flame.
- oldest known
- Stone Age lamps burned animal fat 70,000 years ago
- Aladdin myth
- genie lamps were oil lamps, rubbed warm to summon flame
- lava motion
- invented by a man watching wax bob in an egg timer
- lighthouse kin
- a single lamp once warned ships from miles away
for instance
tiffany lamp — louis comfort tiffany's stained glass lamps from 1890s new york, now worth $5,000-$300,000+