Miner’s Safety Lamp Patent Model
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp is a patent model constructed by Joseph Defossez of Paris, France that received patent number 36,341 on September 2, 1862. In his patent filing, Defossez claimed as his invention “the pneumatic locking device in combination with the oil reservoir, top plate, and chimney” constructed to avoid the risk of mining explosions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- patent date
- 09-02-1862
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9741
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9741
- accession number
- 088881
- patent number
- 036341
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 4 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872334
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ee43-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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