Miner’s Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This safety lamp was manufactured by the Everhart Brass Works of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 19th century. This Davy-style safety lamp employs a wire gauze that surrounds the flame. The flame is unable to pass through the holes in the gauze, preventing any methane in the air from igniting. This lamp also has a semi-circle of metal to try to protect the flame from gusts of wind.
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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: George J. Titler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9762
label: accession number
content: 304880
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9762
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 3 in x 2 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.35 cm