Patent Model - Improvement in Gas-Lighting Apparatus
Maker and role
Charles Gibson (b.1844, d.1922), Patentee
Production date
Mar 14 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, wood
Measurements
4 1/4 x 3 x 3" (10.8 x 7.6 x 7.6cm)
Description
Gibson's patent improvements "apply to all that class of apparatus in which the gas is lighted by alternately making and breaking contact between conductors, and thereby inducing sparks." (Patent Number 174,799)
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Object number
2015.14.2137a,b
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