Cigar Lighter Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1880-05-25
name: label: inventor
content: Megill, Edward L.
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.330415
label: catalog number
content: 330415
label: patent number
content: 227,987
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lighter, cigar
label: Other Terms
content: Lighter; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (spring for feeding percussion tape material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (tinder cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: priming material (percussion tape material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (percussion tape material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 9.8425 cm x 4.7625 cm