Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This Davy-style safety lamp was made by an unknown maker in the second half of the 19th century. In Davy lamps, the flame is surrounded by metal gauze. The flame is unable to pass through the holes in the gauze, preventing any methane in the air from igniting.
- Credit Line
- Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8802C
- accession number
- 265669
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8802C
- Object Name
- mining lamp
- lamp, safety, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 4 in x 3 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872270
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e746-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
