You have seen them in antique stores, especially in mining towns: tarnished brass cylinders with a reflective dish on one side and a bracket for clipping them onto a ...
Mineral Monday is a weekly video series exploring the many amazing minerals, fossils, and historic objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum as told by museum ...
After around 1915, miners debated which technology they favored to light their work underground, a carbide lamp or a battery light. Both were superior to candles and oil lamps that would blow out when ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This “Half-Shift” carbide mining lamp ...
I first saw carbide lamps in the tool exhibit in the Vigo County Historical Museum. I did not know what they were — light bulb sockets, perhaps? So I did some research and found that the carbide lamps ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This cotton miner’s cap has a leather ...
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