Now all you need is a canary. The M Lamp is a handsome wireless lantern powered by a rechargeable lithium battery. There’s not a whole lot to it–a cylindrical body holds the power supply, a ...

Manufactured around 1930, the Edison Safety Mining Lamp consisted of a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled from the battery to the lamp, ...

A laser scanner used by forensic police to examine crime scenes has now been employed to keep open pit miners safe from collapsing walls. In open cut mines, large walls can collapse without ...

A Modern, Handy Take On The Coal Miner’s Lamp. Naica’s warm glow and clever carrying loop were inspired by the simplicity of carbide work lanterns. SHARE.

Guy, a miner himself, had been experimenting with carbide lamps for several years before coming up with his new design about 1913. “The demand for an improved lamp in the mining industry was ...

Coal was at the heart of early 19th-century England’s industrial progress, but until this lamp came along there was no safe way to see inside the mines.

CEAG was established in 1912 when the company won a government competition to design a safety lamp. By 1919 about 500,000 of the lamps had been made and the manufacture of cap lamps for miners ...

Manufactured around 1930, the Edison Safety Mining Lamp consisted of a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case that was worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled to the lamp, which was ...