American Miners Carbide Lamps: A Collector's Guide to American Carbide Mine Lighting [Hardcover]

Gregg Clemmer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 126 pages
• Publisher: Westernlore Pr; First Edition edition (August 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870260642
• ISBN-13: 978-0870260643
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,721,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars American Miners' Carbide Lamps, May 12, 2003

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Larry E. Matthews (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Miners Carbide Lamps: A Collector's Guide to American Carbide Mine Lighting (Hardcover)

This book, which was published in 1987, contains a wealth of information on carbide lamps. Carbide lamps were the main source of illumination for miners from about 1900 to 1950. They were cheap, reliable, and, best of all, they produced a lot of light! These lamps were also used by a variety of outdoor enthusiasts, including hunters, fishermen, and cave explorers.

This book lists the many brands of carbide lamps that were produced and has photographs and drawings of many of them. Of special interest to the collector, Appendix A gives a list of United States Carbide Lamp patents, arranged by date. Appendix B gives a list of all the known "Brand Names" and rates each brand as to rarity from 1 to 10, with 1 being very common and 10 extremely rare. This is especially valuable to the beginning collector.

This book is hardback, with a dust cover. There are a number of interesting old photos of lamps being used in mines and caves. Very little has been published on American carbide lamps and this is a wonderful source of information.