Mine Locomotive Benzene Safety Lamp

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Mine Locomotive Benzene Safety Lamp, Wilhelm Seippel

Early mine locomotive benzene safety lamp.  Made by Wilhelm Seippel, Bochum, Germany.  This early lamp is fitted with a model 1897 Friemann & Wolf igniter.  Notice the glass lens is beveled.  Circa 1900.

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