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Hitchcock lamps

Scope note

Mechanical lamps designed to burn without a chimney, having a spring-driven blower in the base to provide a draught. Patented by Robert Hitchcock in 1868.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000180280

Broader Terms used

<mechanical lamps>

Equivalent Terms used

Hitchcock lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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