[Stoves] the 150 gasifier in operation in Vietnam (Matt Redmond)

[Andrew C. Parker]

Ron,

I think I remember steel wool and a battery being suggested as a fire  
starter, when I was a boy scout.

Matt,

Gas mantle technology. A mechanically durable, highly luminous mantle for  
a gas-powered light source.
Walter J. Diederich
http://www.google.com/patents/US4975044

Emergency mantle lamp for a gas stove
Aladdin Industries, Incorporated
http://www.google.com/patents/US4050442

COMBINATION CAMP STOVE AND LIGHT WITH CERAMIC MANTLE
Theodore C. Swinyar et al
http://www.google.com/patents/US3324687