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Betty lamp Betty lamp – лампа Бетти, керосиновая лампа (самой простой конструкции) The Betty lamp is thought to be of German, Austrian, or Hungarian origin. They were commonly made of iron or brass and were most often used in the home or workshop. Betty lamps are being made today as they are popular with living history buffs. The Betty lamp came over to America on the “Mayflower”, was improved upon by Benjamin Franklin and today is prized by collectors. This better lamp design, named the Betty, from the German word, “besser” or “bete”, meaning “to make better”, produced a very good light for its time. The Betty lamp was used widely by the American colonists and by Europeans. In rural areas it was in use until the end of the 19th century. Between Scylla and Charybdis – (миф.) между Сциллой и Харибдой; в безвыходном положении; между двух огней Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology. Several other idioms, such as “between the devil and the deep blue sea”, “between the hammer and the anvil”, and “between a rock and a hard place” express the same meaning of “having to choose between two evils”: So I’m sailing between the Scylla of protecting the wholly reasonable privacy of friends and colleagues and the Charybdis of causing you, the reader, to sick up (Steven Fry, 2011). Scylla and Charybdis were mythical sea monsters noted by Homer; later Greek tradition sited them on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. Scylla was rationalized as a rock shoal (described as a six-headed sea monster) on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were regarded as a sea hazard located close enough to each other that they posed an inescapable threat to passing sailors; avoiding Charybdis meant passing too close to Scylla and vice versa. According to Homer, Odysseus was forced to choose which monster to confront while passing through the strait; he opted to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship in the whirlpool. 24