Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion Erie Lubester

I apologize if my reply sounded as if it was directed at you, my intention was to direct it to the use of the word "lubster." This term was never used in the past, it is something the people in the hobby came up with. Intern it becomes a word used to describe something when you don't know what it is. In my book I also mentioned that the word "previsible" is an overworked word. For instance, in a previous book a picture of an Erie item was described as as previsible made in 1908. First of all Erie didn't go in business until 1922 and it was actually a pedestal pump made to pump kerosene and was introduced in 1933, well after the first visible pump was made. Because it looked old it was called a pre-visible.
My concern over the use of the correct terms stems from the fact many new people coming into this hobby see a reply or something in print using these terms so they automatically add these terms to their use. Rather than perpetuating the use of the incorrect term, why not try and describe an item with the correct term?
The correct term for what most people refer to as a "lubster" is oil or kerosene dispenser.

[This message has been edited by Jack Sim (edited 05-26-2003).]