Mica at the time was used to make, among other things, lamp chimneys and stove windows.
I could hear the precious particles hitting the lamp chimney and burning, a whispery crinkle at the edges of my mind.
He positioned his fist over the lamp chimney, then released his captives carefully within the glass.
Old Nathan lifted the lamp chimney and shook it, spilling the flies unharmed from their glass prison.
That night Seth dropped the lamp chimney and it smashed to smithereens.
Recovered items included earthen dishes, glass windows, a canning jar and a lamp chimney.
He waved out the flaming splinter and replaced the lamp chimney.
The first products made in Muncie were coal oil containers and lamp chimneys, not fruit jars.
The wick is turned down if smoke develops, and the lamp chimney lowered.
Carefully I lifted off the lamp chimney, struck a match, and touched it to the wick.