Coleman Company, Inc. is a company that makes camping gear. Camping is an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent, primitive structure, a travel trailer or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. ...

It was founded by Andrew and Peg Coleman, who began selling lamps in 1900 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma and moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1902. 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Kingfisher is a city located in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. ... Wichita, also known as the Air Capital, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Coleman Company's headquarters are in Wichita, and it also has facilities in Texas. There are approximately 1500 employees. ...

Throughout its history, Coleman has produced a wide variety of equipment primarily aimed at the camping and recreational markets. Perhaps their most famous product is the Coleman Lamp, a series of lamps that burn kerosene, naptha, gasoline, or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light. Coleman also manufactures camp stoves, pop-up travel trailers, hot tubs, and the like. In the past they also owned the Hobie Cat brand of sailboats. Camping is an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent, primitive structure, a travel trailer or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. ... A kerosene lamp, widely known in Britain as a paraffin lamp, is any type of lighting device which uses kerosene (paraffin) as a fuel. ... Russian kerosene lamp Kerosene or paraffin oil (British English, not to be confused with the waxy solid also called paraffin) is a colorless flammable hydrocarbon liquid. ... Naphtha is a group of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol (abbreviated from petroleum spirit), in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Flash point -104 °C Autoignition temperature 432 °C R/S statement R: 12 S: 9, 16, 33 RTECS number TX2275000 Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... For other uses of mantle see: mantle (disambiguation) An incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. ... A small portable stove and its container A portable stove is a stove specially designed to be portable and lightweight, such as for camping. ... A travel trailer, or caravan, is a small trailer in which people can live and travel simultaneously. ... Hot tub in a Canadian ski resort A hot tub is a large tub or small pool full of heated water and used for soaking, relaxation, hydrotherapy, reading, or meditation. ... Hobie Cats are small racing catamarans that are mainly used for racing and personal use. ... A sailboat is a relatively small wind-driven vessel used primarily for sports and personal purposes. ...

External link

• Company website