"Hanging Betty" Miner's Tunnel Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This miner’s tunnel lamp was known as a hanging Betty. The hanging Betty was used in the early 19th century, and was an improvement on the hanging open lamp. A wick holder was added to channel the wick drippings back into the bowl, and an oil cover was added to confine heat, decrease smoke, and make the oil burn more efficiently. German immigrants living in Pennsylvania called this kind of lamp “besser” meaning better, which produced the nickname Betty.
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: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Georgia Stratton Ziffzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MI-1218
label: accession number
content: 239748
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MI-1218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, miner's
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 6 in x 5 in; 59.69 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm