Automatic Fire Lighter Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date of invention
content: 1875-07-13
label: patent date of clock
content: 1868-12-1
name: label: inventor
content: Curran, Michael
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place clockwork made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
label: associated place
content: United States: New Hampshire, Nashua
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.329540
label: catalog number
content: 329540
label: patent number
content: 165,409
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lighter, fire
label: Other Terms
content: Fire Kindler Mechanical; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (clock parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron or steel (springs; arm support; strike plate or file material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (clock panel; base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 20.0025 cm x 14.9225 cm