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Created page with "A '''veiled lantern''' was a type of lantern which contained an inner cylinder which the user could rotate to conceal its light. It was made from sheet iron, with a holder for a candle inside and a hinged door. The door had a window made of horn in it through which the light would glow. Guy Fawkes was said to have been carrying such a lantern when he was arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament when the Gunpowder Plot was discover..."
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