Mining Tunnel Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp is an oil-wick cap lamp. The oil-wick cap lamp was first invented in Scotland in 1850 and remained in use until the 1920’s. The font contained a mix of fat and oil for fuel, and a wick was inserted into the spout. The resulting light was much brighter and more efficient than the candles it replaced. The hook enabled the lamp to be attached onto any suitable location inside the mine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Superior-Sterling Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-7989A
label: accession number
content: 234932
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-7989A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, hand, oil wick type, miner's
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 6 1/2 in; x 15.24 cm x 16.51 cm