Primus stove

<p>The Primus stove was the first <a href="/facts/Portable_stove/rx7Pu6kd">pressurized-burner</a> <a href="/facts/Kerosene/DoHPYXKp">kerosene</a> (paraffin) stove, developed in 1892 by <a href="/facts/Frans_Wilhelm_Lindqvist/h560LfSo">Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist</a>, a factory mechanic in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held <a href="/facts/Blowtorch/HK60YdbC">blowtorch</a>; Lindqvist's patent covered the burner, which was turned upward on the stove instead of outward as on the blowtorch. The same year, Lindqvist partnered with Johan Viktor Svenson [sv] and established J.V. Svenson's Kerosene Stove Factory for manufacturing the new stoves which were sold under the name <a href="/facts/Primus_AB/LJW3G2o1">Primus</a>. The first model was the No.1 stove, which was quickly followed by a number of similarly designed stoves of different models and sizes. Shortly thereafter, B.A. Hjorth & Co. (later <a href="/facts/Bahco/VIAmPf2a">Bahco</a>), a tool and engineering firm begun in Stockholm in 1889, acquired the exclusive rights to sell the Primus stove.
</p><p>The efficient Primus stove quickly earned a reputation as a reliable and durable stove in everyday use, and it performed especially well under adverse conditions: it was the stove of choice for <a href="/facts/Nansen%27s_Fram_expedition/CBqdwc4U">Fridtjof Nansen's North Pole attempt</a>,  Roald <a href="/facts/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition/hAFXn2e7">Amundsen's South Pole expedition</a>, and <a href="/facts/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd/0Anhokww">Richard Byrd's</a> North Pole expedition. Primus stoves also accompanied <a href="/facts/1924_British_Mount_Everest_expedition/yKvgA7dm">George Mallory's ill-fated expedition to Mount Everest in 1924</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition/MUoed3JY">Tenzing and Hillary's successful one in 1953</a>. While many other companies also made portable stoves of a similar design to the Primus, this style is often <a href="/facts/Generic_trademark/c9VgT8RG">generically referred to</a> as a "Primus" stove, regardless of the manufacturer.
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Primus stove