. Bulletin - United States National Museum. h wicks not properly designed,required snuffing, and for this purpose snuffers were invented for theuse of those who did not wish to employ the earlier method with thefingers. The earliest snuffers were little rods or pincers with sharppoints. The early liinged snuffers were rudely made of iron, theend of the box terminating in the sharp point for spreading andotherwise tending the wick which has been perpetuated in all handles were plain rods. The snuffer was improved by puttingloops, as in scissors, on the ends of the handles, by putti
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. h wicks not properly designed,required snuffing, and for this purpose snuffers were invented for theuse of those who did not wish to employ the earlier method with thefingers. The earliest snuffers were little rods or pincers with sharppoints. The early liinged snuffers were rudely made of iron, theend of the box terminating in the sharp point for spreading andotherwise tending the wick which has been perpetuated in all handles were plain rods. The snuffer was improved by puttingloops, as in scissors, on the ends of the handles, by putting in aspring which withdrew the damper from the fungus box, andby the addition of thin legs to stand upon the tray. A later deviceexhibits a spring diaphragm which shuts the fungus, charred wick,into a tight compartment. In the progress of refinement snuffers became art works of themetal workers, and trays equally artistic were provided on which the «< Robert de Rustafjaell. The Light of Egypt, London, 1909, pi. 36, p 79. BULLETIN 139. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 138 PL. 37
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