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Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model
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Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model

Seybold, William · overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

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mining lampPatentsModelsWork and Industry: Mining
Credit lineOil-Wick Miner’s Lamp Patent Model. Seybold, William. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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