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Safety lamp, Davy, blue glass, use: gas testing, maker: J. Abbot and Co. Ltd., Gateshead, marking: makers name, 1887-97
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- Category:
- Mining & Ore Dressing
- Object Number:
- 1897-109
- Materials:
- brass, iron, glass, tin plated and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 300 x 70 mm
weight: 1kg
weight: 2.20463lbs
weight: 6.82kg
weight: 15.0356lbs
- type:
- lighting devices, miners' lamps and miners' safety lamps
- credit:
- A.L. Stevenson
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