Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a miner's safety lamp, made by John Davis and Son, in Derby, Leicestershire, UK in the late 19th century. Safety lamps were invented in the early 19th century, and are still used to this day for gas detection, even as lighting utility has been replaced by electric lights. This safety lamp is a Clanny style lamp, evidenced by the wire gauze coupled with the lower glass enclosure.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AG.059273
- catalog number
- 59273
- accession number
- 15369
- Object Name
- mining lamp
- lamp, safety, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm
- Related Publication
- Dewey, Frederic P.. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 42: A Preliminary Descriptive Catalogue of the Systematic Collections in Economic Geology and Metallurgy in the United States National Museum
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872328
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ed00-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
