Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

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Object Details

patentee

Weinel, Josiah J.

Description (Brief)

This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by Josiah J. Weinel of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, that received patent number 188,703 on March 20, 1877. Weinel claimed as his invention “a miner's lamp with an inner spout that has a thread for securing itself in the spout, with perforations for supplying air to the burner and returning oil to the font.”

Location

Currently not on view

patent date

1877-03-20

ID Number

AG.MHI-MN-9749

accession number

088881

catalog number

MHI-MN-9749

patent number

188705

Object Name

lamp, cap, mining

mining lamp

Object Type

Patent Model

Measurements

overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 8.89 cm x 4.445 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-e0d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_872103