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LicenseMiners lamp, one of two
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Miners lamp, one of two, with suspension hook used in the coal and ironstone pits of Ayrshire, N.B. pre 1865.
These two lamps have hooks to attach to the clothing, or to the rock, to allow easy illuminate underground.
Details
- Category:
- Mining & Ore Dressing
- Object Number:
- 1895-112/1
- Materials:
- tin plated, iron, wood (unidentified) and tin
- Measurements:
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overall: 113 x 120 x 55 mm
weight: 0.5kg
weight: 1.10232lbs
weight: 1.03kg
weight: 2.27077lbs
- type:
- oil lamp and miners' lamps
- credit:
- Geological Museum (Jermyn St.)