Miner’s Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are used to this day for gas detection, even as mine lighting has been replaced by electric lights.
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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: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Franklin Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9439
label: accession number
content: 277973
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9439
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 3 in x 3 in; 33.02 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm