Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp was manufactured by the Hughes Brothers of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 19th century. This safety lamp employs interior wire gauze and a glass globe surrounding the wick to protect the flame, with an exterior metal bonnet. 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lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are used to this day for gas detection, even as mine lighting has been replaced by electric lights.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
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8949
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8949
- accession number
- 236603
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872306
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ecd1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
