Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

Description (Brief):

This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by John B. Deeds and William Mack of Terre Haute, Indiana that received patent number 281,846 on July 24, 1883. Deeds and Mack developed a lamp with an “oil tight lid.” The invention is described as “having its top or opening made slightly flaring, in combination with the hinged lid and the supplemental lid or disk with a packing of cork between them, and having holes therein opposite to each other, which communicate with a corresponding opening in the cork for the purpose of ventilation.”

Patent Date: 1883-07-04

Patentee: Deeds, John B.Mack, William

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AG.MHI-MN-9748Catalog Number: MHI-MN-9748Accession Number: 88881Patent Number: 281846

Object Name: lamp, cap, miningmining lampObject Type: Patent Model

Measurements: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 in; 6.985 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e21c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_872110

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