Early Amberg hot air engine for gas lighting

The Amberg company in Germany made small hot air motors directly coupled with an air pump with a rod from the power piston. This is one of their earliest production models from the 1890s. Air was pumped into a tank which led to another large carburetor-like tank filled with gasoline. Vaporized gasoline was pumped to gas lighting fixtures within homes or businesses. Sound dangerous? Similar (but weight-driven) systems were fairly common in the US and homes equipped with them actually were considered safer and got lower insurance rates than homes using only kerosene lamps.

[@CARANDTRAIN]

Beautiful machine.

[@riderericsson]

Thank you.

[@Andy-df5fj]

For a second, I saw Amber(g) & gas lighting and thought this was a different kind of video.

[@anythingoldmechanical]

Even today, Thats a serious bit of kit!

[@Xynudu]

Beautiful and interesting engine. Nice one. Cheers Rob

[@udflyer98]

That is too cool! I love all of the monkey motion of the linkages.

[@istvanmilak725]

Thanks for the video, where can I buy one of this?

[@ElChokin]

Genial.

[@zinckensteel]

Tired of having to pump up your white gas lantern? Then this is the product for you!

[@KD-lq1sr]

What function did an engine like this serve in gas lighting?

[@riderericsson]

It is explained in the text below the video. Thanks.