Miner's Safety Lamp Model STL - Vintage Mining Prop

A tall, slim miner's safety lamp with a heavy flared base, a lower glass section protected by vertical guard pillars, a stack of ribbed rings above it suggesting the metal gauze chimney, a conical bonnet top and a hanging ring at the very top. Flame safety lamps were developed in the early 19th century, most famously by Sir Humphry Davy, to reduce the risk of igniting firedamp (methane) in coal mines. A fine metal gauze around the flame let air in while cooling the flame so it could not easily…

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