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A quick tour of the site:(with hot links). Check this page occasionally for announcements!

• LIGHT INTERNATIONAL DIGEST, is an electronic continuation of our "official organ", Light International. It is now individual articles, in PDF format (you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it), and you can either download any or all, or print out directly. These are shorter articles, so the screen loading time is reduced! Articles will be added as new material is edited, and will be available for your pleasure and edification. Oct 30,2006: An excellent article on the variations of the UK Model 12 Aladdin burner has been added, so there are currently 4 articles and a short image page posted.

• The QUESTION & ANSWER Page is the center of activity on the site. A first stop at the ARCHIVES may give an answer to many questions. A wealth of information from past questions (searchable) is maintained.

• The US LIGHTING PATENT PROJECT has over 14,000 patents in a searchable database, with a direct link to the US Patent Office documents. 4000 new Patents added Jan 20, 2007, including the Mattausch Gas Patents. There are still with some bugs in the additions, but we're working on them!

• The PUBLICATIONS page lists currently available Guild (and other) Lighting related books, magazines, CDs, etc, with ordering information.
    • Back issues of LIGHT INTERNATIONAL Volumes 1 through 6 are available for sale on CD. (last volume added 2/24/06)
    • The Lamp Collector's Guide, Second Edition is available to order.
    • The UK & European Burner section of TCLG II, greatly expanded, has been issued as separate supplement (December, 2005)
    • New Light on Angle Lamps by Bill Courter is now available.
    • Jos. Hinks & Son catalogue, and Aladdin Kerosene Lamps in Australia are available in special bundled price offer!
    • Vol 3 Historial Lighting catalog series is now available (July 2005)
    • The Berlin Gaslight Museum has published a new museum guide. GREAT resource for European gas lighting! (August 2007)
    • center draft Kerosene Lamps 1884-1940 by Bill Courter is finally available! DON'T MISS THIS ONE! (September, 2007)
    • RESTORATION of ANTIQUE KEROSENE & ELECTRIC LIGHTING HANDBOOK, by Richard Dudley. Even pros cam learn from this book! (December 2007)

• ABOUT US is just that...who we are, and why we bring you this page.
    • You might want to check the Hotlink "Basics" at the bottom of the page. It links to several early technical documents on lighting basics (easy PDF downloads). A new file from a German text was added Dec 5, 2007. There are now 5 text pdfs.

• LAMP CLUBS provides direct links to the websites of a large variety of International Lighting study groups.
    • Apr 26, 2006: information on a newish international club, The International Lychnology Ass'n was added.

• LINKS go to the websites of individual lamp and lantern collectors and researchers.
    • Feb 21, 2007 a new page on the Famos 120 from a UK collector has been added!
    • Dec. 2, 2007 a new page on Edward Miller kerosene lamps from an Australian collector has been added.

• REPAIRS-RESTORATIONS is a resource aid to collectors all over the world, linking to folks we know and trust who can provide supplies, parts and restoration services. These are not commercial endorsements, just a listing of capable friends.
    • October, 2006: a supplier of new-made replacement flamespreaders has been added. And in April, 2007, a second flamespreader maker was added!
    • December, 2006: a large German pressure lamp dealer, a large Swedish pressure lamp concern, and a Swedish lampmaker have been added.

• LAMP TERM DICTIONARY and GERMAN LAMP TERMS IN ENGLISH are two very useful pages for simple definition of terms. A good place to start when you're not really sure what words apply to what you have.

To contact us for more information, or to make a "free will offering" donation to the Guild to help pay the expenses of this website, please e-Mail Fil Graff, The Guild Secretary

We owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to the following (diplomatically, in alphabetical order) for their contributions of time and talent, and outright "free will offering" donations:

Norm Allen, Art Bailey, Paul Benkover, Terence Bertele, Bob Berland, Christer Carlsson, Conny Carlsson, Chuck Chiarra, Jessica Christian, Jim Christner, John Claypole, David Coney, Bill Courter, Ken Dede, Richard Dudley, Mike Dolan, Dan Edminster, Jeff Edminster, John Eggert, Jeff Emig, Kenneth England, Doug Finch, Mark Gillan, Dan Gommel, Andy Graham-Cumming, Dwayne Hansen, Chuck Hayes, Ted Hinsdale, Bill Hope, Hedley Ihle, Rob & Bev Isdale, Jamie Jones, Ara Kebapcioglu, Padraic Kennedy, Woody Kirkman, Richard Kominsky, Erik Leger, Bill Lohmeyer, Terry Marsh, Dan and Nancy Mattausch, Neil McRae, Drew Meyer, Colin Mills, Wilbur Miller, R. Mark Mitchell, Alan Moore, Phillip Morrill, Keith Myrom, The National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors, Dick O'Connell, Charles Owens, Doron Papo, Dennis Peterson, Charles Randolph, Paul & Jane Rausch, George Rocen, Joe St. Pierre, Liz Skyllingstad, Fred Smith, Jeff Smith, Joe Stout, Phillip Sullivan, Jim & Sheri VanEs, Darcy Vantiger, Nick Wendorf, Frank Wiedlocher, John Whitehead and Mel Zaloudek.
My friends, without your help and support, very little of what the Guild has become would have been possible. One cannot say THANK YOU enough!