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Patent record · Mining safety / lighting

Miner’s Lamp

US1061385A

What the patent describes

A gauze-enclosed miner’s safety lamp with a transparent flame-viewing section and mechanisms for lighting and snuffing the wick without exposing an open flame.

Why it belongs in the workshop

This entry connects the inventor, date, location, and technical subject so the invention can be explored alongside Shamokin’s wider industrial history.