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Patent Model of Miners' Candle Holder, 1874
Larsen, Neils1874
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
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- Title: Patent Model of Miners' Candle Holder, 1874
- Creator: Larsen, Neils
- Date: 1874-05-26
- Date Created: 1874
- Location: United States, Colorado, Clear Creek county
- Subject Keywords: Miners, Mining, Lighting, Models (Patent), Miners' candlesticks, Candlesticks
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Place: Colorado
- Patent Date: 1874
- Object Name: Model (Patent)
- Object ID: 26.160.5
- Inventor: Neils Larsen
- Invention: Miners' Candle Holder
- Image ID: THF152239
- Field: Mining
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Smithsonian Institution
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