The document discusses the history of kerosene lamps. It describes that there are two main types of kerosene lamps: wick lamps and pressure lamps. The first description of a kerosene lamp was by al-Razi in 9th century Baghdad. Modern versions were later invented in 1853 by Ignacy Tukasiewicz and Robert Edwin Dietz around the same time, but it remains unclear which inventor designed their lamp first.

1. Керосиновая лампа
KEROSENE LAMPS

2. The kerosene lamp. There are two main types of
kerosene lamp which work in different ways, the
"wick lamp" and the "pressure lamp".
The first kerosene lamp was described by AL-
RAZI in 9th century Baghdad
Modern versions of the kerosene lamp were later
constructed by Polish inventor Ignacy
Tukasiewicz in 1853 and by Robert Edwin Dietz of
the US at about the same time the question
regarding the primacy of these two inventors‘
versions of the lamp remains unresolved.