| 词条 | Joseph Hinks |
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Joseph Hinks was a British inventor, working in Birmingham. He patented improvements to oil lamps, marketing the resultant Duplex lamp. Brother of James Hinks he took over his company, James Hinks & Son, of 91-96 Great Hampton Street and 66 Hockley Street, Birmingham in 1839, patenting a duplex burner and extinguisher in 1865.[1] He became mayor of Leamington Spa.[1] He died at Orkney Cottage Taplow Bucks on 24 April 1931.[1] He is buried in Key Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/family-look-for-oil-lamp-inventor-s-resting-place-1-1055526|title=Family look for oil lamp inventor's resting place|last=|first=|date=4 December 2007|website=www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=26 February 2019}} External links
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