Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

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Object Details

patentee

Winfield, William C.

Description (Brief)

This oil-wick cap lamp is a patent model constructed by William C. Winfield of Hubbard, Ohio that received patent number 115,143 on May 23, 1871. Winfield’s claim in the patent filing is a miner's lamp with “a new article of manufacture, viz., a miner's lamp, provided with a screw-cap constructed, arranged, and operating with relation to the body of the lamp.”

Location

Currently not on view

patent date

1871-05-23

ID Number

AG.MHI-MN-9737

accession number

088881

catalog number

MHI-MN-9737

patent number

115143

Object Name

lamp, oil, cap, miner's

mining lamp

Object Type

Patent Model

Measurements

overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 9.525 cm x 3.81 cm

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Work and Industry: Mining

Mining Lamps

Work

Industry & Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-aeb9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_872090