Mahogany box, to carry Safety lamp: Gray Type and Hydrogen cylinder
- patentee:
- J Ashworth
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Mahogany box, for carrying Safety lamp: Gray type, for coal miners’ gas testing and spare hydrogen cylinder, designed by Dr. Frank Clowes, based on J. Ashworth's patent Hepplewhite-Gray type, for gas testing and made by Stanley, Derby, Derbyshire, England, 1893-1899
Details
- Category:
- Mining & Ore Dressing
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1981-1834/3
- Materials:
- mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- type:
- box - container
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
