Miner's Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp was manufactured by J.W. Queen and Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the latter half of the 19th century. The “safety” mining lamp was a tremendous step forward in preventing mining disasters. Encasing the flame in glass or metal gauze prevented combustible mine gases (called firedamp) from exploding, which would happen with the open flames in oil-wick cap lamps.
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: J. L. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.059083
label: catalog number
content: 59083
label: accession number
content: 14841
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm