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== Historical overview == | == Historical overview == | ||
[[File:Lrg nimrod.jpg|thumb|1947 Nimrod Advertisement]] | [[file:nimrod8.jpg|thumb|Patent granted to Ashley F. Word Jr. Dec. 9, 1947, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Lrg nimrod.jpg|thumb|1947 Nimrod Advertisement]] | ||
Ashley F. Ward, Inc. was founded in 1908 as a screw product manufacturer. Over the years, the company had changed it's name on various occasions, and presumably involving company reorganization. Several of it's incarnations included Ward Manufacturing Co., Ward-Nimrod Company, and it's current existence as Ashley Ward, Inc. | Ashley F. Ward, Inc. was founded in 1908 as a screw product manufacturer. Over the years, the company had changed it's name on various occasions, and presumably involving company reorganization. Several of it's incarnations included Ward Manufacturing Co., Ward-Nimrod Company, and it's current existence as Ashley Ward, Inc. | ||
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# The fuel reservoir on the FGT lighter is under the compass, the top fitting over the reservoir threads. The Nimrod lighter's reservoir is under the same end of the lighter, but the top fits into the reservoir threads.</li> | # The fuel reservoir on the FGT lighter is under the compass, the top fitting over the reservoir threads. The Nimrod lighter's reservoir is under the same end of the lighter, but the top fits into the reservoir threads.</li> | ||
# The FGT lighter can be disassembled via a screw accessible from the outside of the lighter. The Nimrod cannot be disassembled.</li> | # The FGT lighter can be disassembled via a screw accessible from the outside of the lighter. The Nimrod cannot be disassembled.</li> | ||
<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="Various promotionals and pamphlet, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||