Left: A Russian thermo-electric generator

based on a kerosene lamp.

This was manufactured in the 1950's, once

again to power radios. The output voltage(s)
are unknown, but since a picture is known
to exist of it powering a valve radio, HT
must have been generated somehow,
possibly by a vibrator power supply.
In this context a vibrator is an
electromechanical device, similiar to an
electric bell, that chops low-voltage DC into
crude AC that can be applied to a step-up
transformer. They were widely used in car
radios before semiconductors arrived.