On September 8, 1868, William H. Hinds received U.S. Patent No. 82,000 on a Candlestick.

His device provided “an adjustable candlestick, which may be used as a candlestick, or, by means of the attachment, used as a nurse-lamp, or which, by means of the globe or chimney, may be used as a lamp; also, by means of the slide or sleeve h, it may be made long or short, to suit the kind of candle used; also, by means of the thumb-piece and slit, with notches in the side, large or hard candles may be used; also, by means of the lamp, oil or fluid can be used equally as well as candles; also, by means of the snuffers, the wick may be trimmed equally as well without removing the globe; also, by means of attaching the reflector and nurse-lamp attachment to the upper or sliding part of the candlestick, the said reflector and nurse-lamp attachment will always be at the same distance from the flame, whatever the height of the candlestick.”