Amazing Antique Victor Kent UK The Wolf Safety Lamp No 7 Brass and Metal Miners Lamp in Very Good

Amazing Antique Victor Kent UK The Wolf Safety Lamp No 7 Brass and Metal Miners Lamp in Very Good Condition

THIS IS A STUNNING ANTIQUE BRASS AND METAL VICTOR KENT (PTY) LTD OF SHEFFIELD ENGLAND "THE WOLF SAFETY LAMP TYPE 7RMBS" MINERS SAFETY LAMP. IT IS 29cm TALL AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. IT IS A RARE AND VERY COLLECTABLE MINER'S LAMP.
 
THESE TYPE OF SAFETY LAMPS WERE INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED OVER 180 YEARS AGO TO ALERT COAL MINERS TO DANGER. SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN MADE WITH METICULOUS CARE FOR USE IN DEEP PIT MINES AND OIL RIGGERS. COUNTLESS MINERS DEPENDED ON THE LIFESAVING BRASS SAFETY LAMPS. THESE CAMBRIAN SAFETY LAMPS MAIN FUNCTION WAS TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVE METHANE GAS, A CONSTANT HAZARD TO UNDERGROUND MINERS. THE FLAME INSIDE THE LAMPS CHAMBER COULD BE READ FOR DANGEROUS LEVELS OF GAS BY OBSERVING SPECIFIED CHANGES IN ITS COLOUR AND SHAPE.
 
THE GLASS IN THE LAMP IS ORIGINAL AND PLEASE NOTE THE CONDITION OF THE WICK AND FLINT MECHANISM. IT HAS A BRASS PLAQUE INSCRIBED TO OUR FRIEND ERNEST FROM YOUR 3 MAN SHAFT TEAM. HOWEVER THE LAMP DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN USED AS THE WICK IS UNBURNT.
 
MARKINGS: ON TOP ROUND BRASS PLAQUE: VICTOR KENT PTY LTD WOLF LAMP TYPE 7 RMBS APPROVED CERTIFICATE G.M.E.F. NO 1
AROUND BRASS STRIP ABOVE FOUNT: WOLF SAFETY LAMP WOLF NO 7 RMBS
ON BOTTOM ROUND BRASS PLAQUE: TO OUR FRIEND ERNEST FROM YOUR 3 MAN SHAFT TEAM
ON TOP COVER: NO 54
ON GLASS: 60 MP BRITISH M&Q
 
SIZE 29CM HIGH 9CM WIDE

CONDITION: VERY GOOD CONDITION. GLASS IN TACT. WICK IN TACT AND TURNS UP AND DOWN.
 
MINERS SAFETY LAMPS:
The unforgiving darkness of a mine necessitated the use of a light. Before the 19th century, this forced miners to use open flames that had the potential to ignite the flammable gasses inside mines, causing lethal explosions. The flammable gas (firedamp) consisted mainly of methane and was most often found in coal mines. A need was seen to provide a safe light for miners to use in gaseous mines, and several inventors set upon the task independently. 
Safety lamps were manufactured by a variety of companies from around 1815 until the 1930s, and incorporated elements of their design from Clanny, Stephenson, and Davy. Most of the safety lamps in the collection of the Division of Work and Industry include all three inventors contributions towards a safety lampa glass enclosure around the flame for more effective lighting, mesh uppers to cool the flame, and metal bonnet to better protect the flame from being extinguished by gusts or drafts in mines.
These type of safety lamps are still used in mines today but since the advent of electricity in the 1920s they were electrified instead.
All wick spark ignition lamps of this type used relighter spirit. As this is no longer readily available online sources recommend Zippo lighter fuel.
 
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