Here is my recently find, a Jupiter looking exact the same as this example. Fortunately in very good condition, only the flame spreader is missing. Now I have to find out what that part looks like. As I have said in another topic, Arvid Böhlmark is probably not the maker, only a big retailer. So the question is; who manufactured this stove? Bo
I get the impression that Böhlmark's actually made these stoves themself! In the Böhlmark history they specifically say that: "...then he sold many paraffin stoves, firstly made by Östlund (his brother in law - my note), but later from his own manufacturing. Even after Böhlmarks dead, the production of paraffin stoves continued, but probably ceased when the factory expanded in 1905. From 1907, this article is left out of the catalogues." Another section says: "...the following years, Böhlmarks released two new type of stoves, Jupiter in 1897 and Sirius in 1898..." The older stove, "The new Excelsior", was apparently the first model of a "real" paraffin stove of the Lindqvist/Primus style they made. This was in 1893. The previous "old" Excelsior was as I understand it the one that not was made by Böhlmark's factory, but by his brother in law - Östlund. I think that the Östlund made Excelsior is the one is the one you can see here.
Hello Bo, Maybe it just has a lid for the outer cap, like the older silent burners do? As to what inner cap it requires (or not) I can only guess. I note that on the tank it says "For Petroleum..." and I'm assuming "Spirit" is the following word? Does this mean kerosene or white spirit? If it is a white spirit burner, it may only require an outer cap. In any event, there are gentlemen here with far more experience and talent than I, and I'm sure they will assist, or offer insight. Very nice stove though, can't wait to see it breathe..... Best regards, Mike.
It's for kerosene, and it actually only says För petroleum. Nothing about spirit (för is of course the same as your word for). Petroleum for this application meant kerosene at this time. (White spirit is called lacknafta here.)
I should have learn my lesson better before posting inaccurate information. Of course you are right, Christer, obviously Böhlmark had his own factory for producing stoves. The connection with Östlund is interesting, I have some items with his name on. Have better dig them out and post them here. Also a comparsion between Excelsior and Jupiter has to be done. The style of the founts are very similar, maybe even the same. I'll be back in this matter. Bo
Bo, Christer, I'm appreciative of these revelations re the Bohlmarks, it is information not easy to come by I'm sure. I tend to term stoves 100+ as "ancients", just me. Are these very rare pre-1900s in a class to themselves? Thank you both and I salute the seriousness taken towards accuracy and in a collaborative effort . I too think it most interesting, I'm grinning with anticipation to hear Bo say "I'll be baack" . thx omc
Bo, you should have known better ! Böhlmark is an early, late 1900th C, original stove manufacturer, one of the very first world wide. Here is some info from a Böhlmark 50 year anniversary book 1872-1937. "Already in 1885 the engineer Östlund had invented a new revolutionary invention. He had constructed the first wickless stove according to the gasification (vaporizing) principle . .........and also constructed a fully useable kerosene stove according to that principle. The new kerosene stove, that was named the Excelsior stove, was manufactured in the inventors workshop at Tjörebohovsgatan (the Tjörebohov street), and was sold by Böhlmark. .....When Böhlmark 1893 began the manufacturing of the New Excelsior stove, he joined very close to the type of the Primus stove (Lindqvist 1891). ......Later in the year of 1896 Böhlmark tried to launch a "epoch-making novelty", a simplified version of the New Excelsior, the Orbis stove. This launch was not successful, and was only in the catalogue just this year......... During the following years Böhlmark instead launched two new types of stoves to the market, Jupiter 1887 and Sirius 1898. Both were more or less the same type of stove as the New Excelsior, but both with minor detail changes to the burner............. /Conny
Sorry - haven´t seen them . I´m just a casual visitor to this site and obviously also a casual reader of the posts. /Conny
I posted one of the patents from Böhlmarks in the patent section. You can see it here. It is possible that you can get an idea of what your missing parts should look by the last two illustrations in that pdf-file. If the burner they actually produced looked anything like the illustrations in the patent application, that is.
