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)
External links
