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Patent Paquelin Automatic Lamp,

‘Paquelin Automatic Lamp’, patented in 1888, for burning off paint and soldering. Used by Charles Baker, in the 19th C.. The lamp burns benzene.
This is a ‘Patent Paquelin Automatic Lamp’, patented in May 1888, for burning off old paint and for soldering. It was used by Charles Baker, the donor’s grandfather, in the late-nineteenth century on the Marquis of Salisbury’s estate at Hatfield. The lamp burns benzene.

1 painter's blow lamp: metal; fair conditionInscription continued...'Patent No.383538 May 1888'.

Inscription: ‘Monopole Céde // Pour L’Angleterre // MM Crowden & Garrard de Londres.’ And ‘Eolipyle du Dr. Paque // Breveté en France SGDC // et à l’etraner // England No 6859 // Patent No 383538 May 1888’., MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Used by Charles Baker (the owner’s grandfather) about 1870 (cleaning has revealed a stamp which sows that the lamp was patented in May 1888. MF [Margaret Fuller] 5.2.62). He was born in Amport and worked on the Marquis of Salisbury’s estate. // Napthalene or Benzene were burnt in the lamp.’

France

1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31

Late-nineteenth century