Object Details
- patentee
- Moore, James C.
- Description (Brief)
- This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by James C. Moore of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, that received patent number 180,258 on July 25, 1876. Moore claimed as his invention “a miner's lamp, with a spring lid-holding device.” The device kept the font’s lid closed during the miner’s workday agitations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- patent date
- 1876-07-25
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9750
- accession number
- 088881
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9750
- patent number
- 180258
- Object Name
- lamp, cap, mining
- mining lamp
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872104
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e0d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
