Lantern illuminants
A wide variety of styles exist of which the below is only a small representative sample.
Reproduced by kind permission from the 2003 Christie's of London auction catalogue of the John Finney Collection of Magic Lanterns.
![British Lime Light Burner Image of a lime light burner](../images/lanterns/limeburner.jpg)
British Lime Light Burner
![British Pair of Lime Light Burners Image of two lime light burners](../images/lanterns/limelights.jpg)
British Pair of Lime Light Burners
![Box of Mabor Limes with Pricker for Lime Light Burner Box of Mabor Limes with Pricker](../images/lanterns/mabor.jpg)
Box of Mabor Limes with Pricker for Lime Light Burner
![Mabor Limes Mabor Limes](../images/lanterns/limes.jpg)
Mabor Limes
![Electric Arc Burner Image of an Electric Arc Burner](../images/lanterns/arcburner.jpg)
Electric Arc Burner
![Ross 'Jenel' Auto Arc Image of an Auto Arc](../images/lanterns/autoarc.jpg)
Ross “Jenel” Auto Arc
![Fully Adjustable Carbon Arc Burner Image of a Carbon Arc Burner](../images/lanterns/carbonarc.jpg)
Fully Adjustable Carbon Arc Burner
![High Voltage Carbon Arc Burner Image of a Carbon Arc Burner](../images/lanterns/electricarcth.jpg)
High voltage carbon arc burner
![Carbon arc rods Image of carbon arc rods](../images/lanterns/arcrods.jpg)
Carbon arc rods
![British pair of ether burners Image of two ether burners](../images/lanterns/etherburners.jpg)
British pair of ether burners
![W.C. Hughes ether burner with mantle Image of an ether burner](../images/lanterns/ethersaturator.jpg)
W.C. Hughes ether burner with mantle
![British Wrench ether saturator Image of an ether saturator](../images/lanterns/saturator.jpg)
British Wrench ether saturator
![British Primus gas burner Image of a gas burner](../images/lanterns/gasburner.jpg)
British Primus gas burner
![British Primus light reflector Image of a reflector](../images/lanterns/reflector.jpg)
British Primus light reflector
![British gas bottle fittings and adaptors Image of gas bottle fittings and adaptors](../images/lanterns/gasadaptors.jpg)
British gas bottle fittings and adaptors
![British oil burner with wick Image of an oil burner](../images/lanterns/oilburner.jpg)
British oil burner with wick
![British paraffin burner Image of a paraffin burner](../images/lanterns/paraffin.jpg)
British paraffin burner
![British Primus wick-trimming pliers and spare wicks Image of wicks and pliers](../images/lanterns/wicktrimmers.jpg)
British Primus wick-trimming pliers and spare wicks