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Wicks are often infused with a variety of chemicals to modify their burning characteristics.
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Wicks can be made of material other than string or cord, such as wood, although they are rare.
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These lamps burned fish oil or fat trimmings and had wicks of twisted cloth.
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Usually cotton wicks doused in oil or ghee are used for lighting the lamp.
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The wicks can then be soaked in kerosene, alcohol or some other fuel to produce different effects, brightness, ease of ignition or burn times.
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Unlike a drip oiler, there is also no need to close off the oiler or remove oil wicks when the machine is stopped.
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Three concentric lamp wicks, supplied to rapeseed oil by means of a suction and force pump, were placed in the focal plane of the apparatus.
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Wicks played backup spur safety in 2004 as a redshirt freshman.
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The devices were made with jars filled with a flammable liquid and wicks made of terrycloth.
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In approximately 1884, the lighthouse converted to a mineral oil (kerosene) lamp with five concentric wicks; the largest was 4 inches in diameter.
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