Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

Description (Brief):

This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by William Seybold of McKeesport, Pennsylvania that received patent number 90,963 on June 8, 1869. Seybold claimed as his invention “extending the wick-tube upwards, within the lamp-chamber, nearly to the top of the lamp” and “extending the exterior portion of the wick-tube above the top of the lamp” in order to keep lighter oils from making their way up a normal spout due to the motions of a miner’s head.

Patentee: Seybold, William

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AG.MHI-MN-9745Accession Number: 088881Catalog Number: MHI-MN-9745Patent Number: 90963

Object Name: lamp, oil, cap, miner'smining lampObject Type: Patent Model

Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-aeb8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_872089

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