As model engineers, we are recreating history in reproducing miniature versions of steam engines, stationary engines and clocks.
Should we be interested in reproducing all of the components that made up the original?
I was musing recently upon the subject of, "Castor Oil"; why is it so called? Is it what was used to lubricate castors on furniture before the petrochemical industry came along? Which part of the Castor Oil plant would one use? (Assuming that one could even get hold of such a plant following on from the Ricin scare of recent months)
What oil was used in Oil Lamps, f'rinstance?
Anybody tried to make a working replica of an oil lamp?