Safety Oil-Can
Description:
Patent for a safety oil can. There are two items that are described in the figures. The first is intended to "prevent the contents of the can from becoming inflamed" and the second is to "provide a can from which oil may be poured into a blazing fire without danger from lighting and exploding the oil" (p. 6).
Date:
February 23, 1886
Creator:
Steeneken, Diedrich
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department