30 Jul
2017
30 Jul
'17
5:43 p.m.
On Jul 30, 2017, at 4:14 AM, Doug McIlroy
<doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I have no actual information about the lantern character, but
a tapered "storm lantern" would be far down my list of guesses.
The tapered chmney would much more likely be called a "lamp",
for it's a standard shape for the oil (kerosene) lamps
that everyone had before electricity.
It's a long shot, but might it be related to APL's 'lamp' operator?
(U+235D)