Tilley lamp

In 1853, most versions of the kerosene lamp were invented by Polish inventor and pharmacist Ignacy Łukasiewicz, in Lviv.

On 23 September 1885, Carl Auer von Welsbach received a patent on the gas flame heated incandescent mantle light.

[9][10][11] In 1915, during World War I, the Tilley company moved to Brent Street in Hendon, and began developing a kerosene pressure lamp.

[12] In 1919, Tilley High-Pressure Gas Company started using kerosene as a fuel for lamps.

[12] The company moved to Northern Ireland in the early 1960s, finally settling in Belfast.