Miner’s Safety Lamp Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 09-02-1862
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This safety lamp is a patent model constructed by Joseph Defossez of Paris, France that received patent number 36,341 on September 2, 1862. In his patent filing, Defossez claimed as his invention “the pneumatic locking device in combination with the oil reservoir, top plate, and chimney” constructed to avoid the risk of mining explosions.
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Natural Resources
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9741
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9741
label: accession number
content: 088881
label: patent number
content: 036341
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 4 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm