You have seen them in antique stores, especially in mining towns: tarnished brass cylinders with a reflective dish on one side and a bracket for clipping them onto a ...
The first factory for the Guy’s Dropper, one of the most popular miners’ lamps ever made, was a back porch on Douglas Avenue. The Guy’s Dropper was a carbide lamp, which uses a mix of water and ...
Before the light bulb, cars still had headlights powered by oil and acetylene that had to be lit individually before driving ...