Object Details
- patentee
- Lee, John Q.
- Description (Brief)
- This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by John Q. Lee of Plymouth, Pennsylvania that received patent number 176,650, dated April 25, 1876. The patent claims as its invention “A lamp-top composed of two thicknesses, and united by having one piece turned up and over the projecting flanges of the other, thereby dispensing with the use of solder.” A soldered top could come undone from the heat of the flame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- patent date
- 1876-04-25
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9755
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9755
- accession number
- 088881
- patent number
- 176650
- Object Name
- lamp, cap, mining
- mining lamp
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872105
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e0d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
