Miner’s Safety Lamp Patent Model

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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

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Work and Industry: Mining

Mining Lamps

Work

Industry & Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ee44-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_872335