Talk:Dolphin lamp standard

Lamp post or lamp standard?

While Historic England use lamp standard (and perhaps Public Sculpture of Britain does too: it is not currently used as a source) I would contend that lamp post is a more common name, and there are several sources using that name (a simple Google test suggests that "dolphin lamp post" is about twice as popular).

It is also a shame to lose the passing reference to "sturgeon lamp posts", as there seems to be some dispute as to the animal depicted, although they are very clearly best known as dolphins, whether they better resemble fish or ceteaceans. -- Theramin (talk) 00:45, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Were they originally gas, electric or mixed?

One of the illustrations shows "Yablochkov candles on the Victoria Embankment, December 1878, alternating with the original gas standards to show the difference" while the text says "The lamps originally used electric Yablochkov candles, but the early electric lights were inefficient and were replaced by gas lights by 1884."86.20.201.69 (talk) 23:03, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

By the way I always forget to log in until after I have added something, and then if I do log in it throws everything I have written away, so this time I won't bother!

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