Patent Model - Improvement in Curling-Rod for Paper Cigar-Lighters
Maker and role
William Young, Patentee
Production date
Apr 05 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Paper
Measurements
6" (15.2cm)
Description
Young's patent "consists in the construction of a round tapering rod with a slot cut vertically in the end thereof. The object...is to curl slips of paper into the form of tapers which are used for lighting cigars, gas, or lamps." (Patent Number 101,561)
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Object number
2015.14.1159
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