Miner's Cap Lamp
date: label: patent date
content: 1879-09-09
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This oil-wick cap lamp was made by Jacob Vogle of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, in the late 19th century. The oil-wick cap lamp was first invented in Scotland in 1850 and 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 worn on a cap, or hooked onto any other suitable location.
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Longdale Iron Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.059213
label: catalog number
content: 059213
label: accession number
content: 014982
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, oil, cap, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 4 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm x 5.08 cm