Miner’s Safety Lamp
Miner’s Safety Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp was manufactured by the Hughes Brothers of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 19th century. This safety lamp employs a wire gauze and a glass globe surrounding the wick to protect the flame, with a metal bonnet over the top. Safety lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are used to this day for gas detection, even as mine lighting has been replaced by electric lights.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 3 in x 3 in; 33.02 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9439
- accession number
- 277973
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9439
- Credit Line
- Franklin Edwards
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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