Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp is a patent model constructed by William Roberts of Cincinnati, Ohio that received patent number 209,082 on October 15, 1878. In his patent filing, Roberts claimed “the combination of the transparent shell, surrounding the flame and provided with a cap or shell, and the wire-gauze chimneys, mounted upon said cap or shell, and arranged one within the other, so as to form an annular space or chamber between them.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- patent date
- 1878-10-15
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9740
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9740
- accession number
- 088881
- patent number
- 209082
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- mining lamp, patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 8.89 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_872335
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ee44-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
