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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 136 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LAMPSTAND , a See also:

PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar, See also:

TRIPOD (Gr. rpiTovr, Lat. tripus)

tripod or figure extending to the See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor for supporting or holding a See also:

LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp. The lampstand (lampa-(Thre) is probably of See also:

French origin; it appears to have been in use in See also:

France before the end of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

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