Stocks Patent 4 wick paraffin burner
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Metal, Acetate
Measurements
210 x 105 x 190 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525201.2
Summary
Stocks Patent 4 Wick Paraffin Burner This metal burner has a fuel tank at the bottom and a pipe leading into it so that the fuel can be topped up. The top of this pipe has a screw fitted lid. There is a brass ring at the Four wick burners which can be adjusted using the four brass knobs at the front of the burner. In the centre of this burner is a raised box in which the wicks burn. This has clear plastic sides at the front and back and metal on the other two sides. The plastic pieces can slide in and out by raising a metal lever on the top of each one. To top has a metal cowl which can support the separate chimney. Markings: Underneath the flame adjusters is a metal plate with "Stocks Patent"
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986