Miner's Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a miner's safety lamp, made by John Davis and Son, in Derby, Leicestershire, UK in the late 19th century. Safety lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are still used to this day for gas detection, even as lighting utility has been replaced by electric lights. This safety lamp is a Clanny style lamp, evidenced by the wire gauze coupled with the lower glass enclosure.
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Dewey, Frederic P.. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 42: A Preliminary Descriptive Catalogue of the Systematic Collections in Economic Geology and Metallurgy in the United States National Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.059273
label: catalog number
content: 59273
label: accession number
content: 15369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm