Miner’s Safety Lamp Patent Model
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp is a patent model constructed by Joseph Defossez of Paris, France that received patent number 36,341 on September 2, 1862. In his patent filing, Defossez claimed as his invention “the pneumatic locking device in combination with the oil reservoir, top plate, and chimney” constructed to avoid the risk of mining explosions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- patent date
- 09-02-1862
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 4 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9741
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9741
- accession number
- 088881
- patent number
- 036341
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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