Invention for Construction of Lamps for Burning Volatile Ingredients
date: label: date made
content: 1841
label: patent date
content: 1841-09-11
name: label: inventor
content: Jennings, Isaiah
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Jennings held patents for a variety of inventions, including the friction match and a threshing machine. This one, for a “Vapor Burner,” related to lamps and lighting.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Invention and the Patent Model
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.331173
label: catalog number
content: 331173
label: patent number
content: 2,254
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Other Terms
content: lamp; Lighting Devices; Vapor; Independent Reservoir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (reservoir material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 11 5/8 in x 10 7/16 in x 4 1/8 in