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[[File:System2.jpg|thumb|The Peterson "System"]] | [[File:System2.jpg|thumb|The Peterson "System"]] | ||
[[File:System1.jpg|thumb|An illustration from a 1905 catalog showing the two design features. The draft holes are exaggerated, especially in the center stem illustration, which is in fact a cigar holder!]] | [[File:System1.jpg|thumb|An illustration from a 1905 catalog showing the two design features. The draft holes are exaggerated, especially in the center stem illustration, which is in fact a cigar holder!]] | ||
''By [[Jim Lilley]]'' | ''By [[Jim Lilley]]'' | ||
Perhaps the most notable design from the Kapp | Perhaps the most notable design from the [[Kapp & Peterson]] factory was Peterson's famed 'Dry | ||
System' pipes. The original patent was issued in Great Britain and Ireland on Aug. 8, 1890, | System' pipes. The original patent was issued in Great Britain and Ireland on Aug. 8, 1890, | ||
Featuring a small reservoir intended to collect moisture before it reaches the smoker, the 'System | Featuring a small reservoir intended to collect moisture before it reaches the smoker, the 'System | ||
Pipe' makes for a cool smoke that minimizes tongue bite, the bane of every pipe smoker. Indeed, it | Pipe' makes for a cool smoke that minimizes tongue bite, the bane of every pipe smoker. Indeed, it | ||
is on this ground breaking design that the worldwide reputation of Peterson grew.<br> | is on this ground breaking design that the worldwide reputation of Peterson grew.<br> | ||
In | In 1898 another of Peterson's innovative pipe inventions became available and was also patented. | ||
the Peterson-Lip (P-Lip) mouthpiece, designed to offset the inhaled smoke to the roof of the | the Peterson-Lip (P-Lip) mouthpiece, designed to offset the inhaled smoke to the roof of the | ||
mouth,thus avoiding tongue bite. | mouth,thus avoiding tongue bite. | ||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Jim Lilley collection"> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Jim Lilley collection"> | ||
PeteSystems.jpg|System Pipes | |||
Pipedia41System305.jpg|System Pipe 305 | Pipedia41System305.jpg|System Pipe 305 | ||
Pipedia43System307.jpg|System Pipe 307 | Pipedia43System307.jpg|System Pipe 307 | ||
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Pipedia37SystemXL302.jpg|System Pipe XL302 | Pipedia37SystemXL302.jpg|System Pipe XL302 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category: Peterson]] | [[Category: Peterson]] | ||