Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp was manufactured by the American Safety Lamp and Mine Supply Company of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 19th century. This Clanny style safety lamp employs a wire gauze and a glass globe surrounding the wick to protect the flame. Safety lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are used to this day for gas detection, even as mine lighting has been replaced by electric lights.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8769B
- accession number
- 265669
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8769B
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872275
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e74b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
