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Collection of miners' safety lamps assembled and tested by the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-1886.

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Safety lamp

Upton and Roberts Safety Lamp, 1827

1827

Mueseler Safety Lamp, 1860-1881

1860-1881

Safety lamp

Safety lamp

c.1882

Safety lamp

1868-1881
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.8, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, -1881

Safety lamp

-1881
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.2, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: H. Mulkay, Liege, marking: makers name, c.1881

Safety lamp

c.1881
Safety lamp, Haworth, no specific type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1884 (inner glass missing)

Safety lamp

c.1884
Safety lamp, Ashworth no.2, Davy type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1880

Safety lamp

c.1880
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.48, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: Protector Lamp Co., Eccles, marking: Protector Lamp patent, 1874-1884

Safety lamp

1874-1884
Safety lamp, Ayton no.1, Davy type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1886, maker: J. Abbot and Co. Ltd., Gateshead, marking: makers name and Aytons Improved no.1 safety, -1881

Safety lamp

Safety lamp, Marsaut no.5, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c. 1884

Safety lamp

c.1884
Safety lamp, Marsaut no.4, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: Protector Lamp Co., Eccles, marking: makers name and patent, 1874-84

Safety lamp

1874-1884
Safety lamp, Davy in case no.5, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J. Abbot and Co., Gateshead, marking: makers name, 1865-1883

Safety lamp

1865-1883
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.35, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name and trademark, 1860-1883

Safety lamp

1860-1883
Safety lamp, Davy with glass shield no 10, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, -1884

Safety lamp

-1884
Safety lamp, Williamson no.1, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J. Cooke and Co., Birmingham, marking: makers name and "Williamson' s patent", 1878-1881

Safety lamp

1878-1881
Safety lamp, Evan Thomas no.6, Clanny type (bonnetted) from the RoyalCommission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: Thomas's patent, 1885

Safety lamp

1885
Safety lamp, Davy with shield no.2, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: H. Watson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, marking: makers name, 1847-1881

Safety lamp

1847-1881
Safety lamp, Ashworth no.5, Clanny type (bonnetted), from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1885

Safety lamp

c.1885
Safety lamp, Smethurst no.4, Eloin type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1880

Safety lamp

c.1880
Safety lamp, Davy no.1, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: trademark, 1860-1881

Safety lamp

1860-1881
Safety lamp, Smethurst no.6, Eloin type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1880

Safety lamp

c.1880
Safety lamp, Lechien, Mueseler type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: C. Lechien, Mons, marking: makers name, 1883

Safety lamp

1883
Safety lamp, Williamson no.7, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: H. Edwards, Wakefield, marking: makers name, 1878-1880

Safety lamp

1878-1880
Safety lamp, Wolf no.3, Clanny type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1883 (fuel vessel corroded)

Safety lamp

c.1883
Safety lamp, Howat no.3, Eloin type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, marking: Howat's patent, 1879-80

Safety lamp

1879-1880
Safety lamp, Ballardie no.13, no specific type, from the Ellis Lever Competition and the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, 1882-3

Safety lamp

1882-3
Safety lamp, Ballardie, no specific type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, 1882-3

Safety lamp

1882-3
Safety lamp, Marsaut no.8, Ryders pillar lock from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, 1884-1886

Safety lamp

1884-1886
Safety lamp, Howat no.2, Eloin type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: Johnson, Clapham and Morris, Manchester, marking: makers name and A. Howat patent, 1879-81

Safety lamp

Safety lamp, Mueseler no.40, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J.N. Hart, Wigan, marking: makers name and "BRYHAM", -1882

Safety lamp

-1882
Safety lamp, Marsaut, no.35C, from the Ellis Lever Competition, and the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1884

Safety lamp

c.1884
Safety lamp, Wolf no.1, Clanny type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1883 (fuel vessel corroded)

Safety lamp

c.1883
Safety lamp, Bainbridge no.2, Boty type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: R. Johnson, Clapham and Morris, Manchester, marking: makers name and " Bainbridge Safety Lamp", 1873-1881

Safety lamp

Safety lamp, Davy with glass shield no.1, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: Protector Lamp Co., Eccles, marking: Protector lamp patent, 1874-1881

Safety lamp

1874-1881
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.26, no specific type, Young's modification, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1884 (glass broken)

Safety lamp

c.1884
Safety lamp, Davy no.2, use: gas detecting, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name, 1860-1881

Safety lamp

1860-1881
Safety lamp, Routledge and Johnson no.2, Davy type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1884

Safety lamp

c.1884
Safety lamp, Gray no.3, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1880

Safety lamp

c.1880
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.12, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name and trademark, 1860-1881

Safety lamp

1860-1881
Safety lamp, Davy no.10, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J.Naylor, Wigan, 1861-1880

Safety lamp

1861-1880
Safety lamp, Gray no.2, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J. Cooke, Birmingham, marking: makers name, 1869-1880

Safety lamp

1869-1880
Safety lamp, Thomas, Evan no.1, Eloin type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: trademark and Thomas's patent ( internal glass

Safety lamp

Safety lamp, Mueseler no.31 from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name, 1860-1882

Safety lamp

1860-1882
Safety lamp, Clanny no.10, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker John Mills and Sons, Newcastle-on-Tyne, marking: makers name, 18 -1881

Safety lamp

-1881
Safety lamp, Jaspart no.30A, no specific type, from the Ellis Lever Competition and the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c.1883

Safety lamp

c.1883
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.15, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name, c.1881

Safety lamp

c.1881
Safety lamp, Davy in case no.3, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, 1865-1881

Safety lamp

1865-1881