This barrel has a hollow conical container, traditionally made of vertical wooden staves and bound b wooden or metal hoops. Traditionally the barrel was a standard size of measure referring to a stet capacity or weight of a given commodity.

Traditional Wooden Conical Barrel

This barrel has a hollow conical container, traditionally made of vertical wooden staves and bound b…

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Peter Cooper

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"Alternating current self starting Cooper-Hewit mercury-vapor lamp." —Croft 1917

Cooper-Hewit Mercury Vapor Lamp

"Alternating current self starting Cooper-Hewit mercury-vapor lamp." —Croft 1917

"Direct current self starting Cooper-Hewit mercury-vapor lamp." —Croft 1917

Cooper-Hewit Mercury Vapor Lamp

"Direct current self starting Cooper-Hewit mercury-vapor lamp." —Croft 1917