Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This oil-wick lamp was made by an unknown maker during the 19th century. The oil-wick 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. This oil-wick lamp has a long hollow handle with twine in the interior, lacking the hook that would allow lamps like this to have been worn on a miner’s cap.
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: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8811
label: accession number
content: 265669
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8811
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 12 in x 4 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm