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| | Art Nouveau Lamps Fixtures James Hinks 1907 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) |
 | | James Hinks and Son, founded in the late 1840s, was a company specializing in the manufacture of brasswork and good quality, reasonably priced lighting. |
 | | It built its success upon the invention of Hinks' patent duplex oil burners in 1865, which doubled the amount of light produced by a paraffin lamp, and were supplied throughout the world. |
 | | As business expanded, James Hinks and Son, acquired a large building in Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, with two showrooms in London's Charing Cross Road and New Bond Street. |
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