Joseph Hinks was a British inventor, working in Birmingham. He patented improvements to oil lamps, marketing the resultant Duplex lamp.

The company, James Hinks & Son, of 91-96 Great Hampton Street and 66 Hockley Street, Birmingham, were established before 1865.

He is burried in Key Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.

Bibliography

• Lamp For Burning Petroleum, James Hinks and Joseph Hinks, in Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867. (extract (http://www.knowledgerush.com/paginated_txt/etext05/7s017z10/7s017z10_s1_p71_pages.html))

External links

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