Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp model is an Ashworth-Hepplewhite-Gray lamp. The lamp is a “test lamp” used to measure the amount of methane in the air. The tubes that run vertically direct air to the flame at the base, which will then produce a colored “cap” in the presence of methane. The majority of Ashworth-Hepplewhite-Gray lamps were produced by John Davis & Son of Derby, Leicestershire, U.K., during the late 19th and early 20th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8761B
- accession number
- 265669
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8761B
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 5 in x 4 in; 33.02 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872295
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e8a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
