MSaxatilus
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was recently going through some of my father's personal effects and I came across this very unique and interesting what I think is a miner's lamp. The lamp was carefully wrapped up in a red piece of cloth and hidden away in the bottom of his desk. The only things I can see from the lamp is that there is a glass optic to apparently focus the beam of the light within the lamp. The light source itself looks like a wick that is fed oil from a small reservoir on the bottom of the lamp.
Anybody have any information or ideas as to how old this lamp is or where in what applications it may have been used in????
Pics.....
....reads "Twentieth Century".
It looks as though it has a bit of corrosion on it, but I'm not exactly sure how old it might be. I was afraid to try to clean or restore it as this may effect its historic value (if any).
Anyway, any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys. :thinking:
MSax
Anybody have any information or ideas as to how old this lamp is or where in what applications it may have been used in????
Pics.....
....reads "Twentieth Century".
It looks as though it has a bit of corrosion on it, but I'm not exactly sure how old it might be. I was afraid to try to clean or restore it as this may effect its historic value (if any).
Anyway, any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys. :thinking:
MSax