Miner's Cap Lamp
date: label: date made
content: 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a copper oil-wick cap lamp made by J&A McDougall of Pittston, Pennsylvania likely in the latter half of the 20th 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 flame 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.059073
label: catalog number
content: 059073
label: accession number
content: 014851
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm