Gas Lighter

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Date Made: ca 1883Patent Date: 1881-04-261882-07-25

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2014.0004.153Accession Number: 2014.0004Catalog Number: 2014.0004.153

Object Name: lighter, gasOther Terms: Fire Kindler; Fire Making Apparatus

Physical Description: brass (tube; case top, bottom and midband material)copper (upper and lower cases material)iron (sparking points; coil spring material)Measurements: overall: 22 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 57.15 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4ba2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_322627

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