Detector, Gas
Object number2016.104.8 a-i
Manufacturer
Mine Safety Appliances Company
Datec. 1982
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumLeather; Brass; Steel; Metal; Wood; Rubber; Plastic; Glass; Paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Patricia Donati
DescriptionCarbon monoxide tester with original case, screwdriver, tool, two used indicating tubes, twelve rubber caps, box of indicating tubes, and instruction sheet.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a - without strap): 8.875 × 4.125 × 2.75 in. (22.5 × 10.5 × 7 cm)Length (a - strap): 26 in. (66 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 8.25 × 1.963 × 1.75 in. (21 × 5 × 4.4 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (c): 5.688 × 0.563 × 0.563 in. (14.4 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
Length x Diameter (d): 4.125 × 0.375 in. (10.5 × 1 cm)
Length x Diameter (e): 5.625 × 0.375 in. (14.3 × 1 cm)
Length x Diameter (f): 5.563 × 0.375 in. (14.1 × 1 cm)
Length x Diameter (g - each cap): 1 × 0.25 in. (2.5 × 0.6 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (h - box): 5.688 × 2.25 × 1 in. (14.4 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)
Height x Width (h - instruction sheet): 7.25 × 5.125 in. (18.4 × 13 cm)
Height x Width (i): 8.25 × 5.125 in. (21 × 13 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
Hand-engraved text on the metal section near the plastic cylindrical window "HS 1671".
Marks(a)
Top of lid has rounded rectangular black sticker with silver text "M-S-A / CARBON MONOXIDE TESTER / PART NO. 47133 / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / 201 N. BRADDOCK AVE. PITTSBURGH 8, PENNA. / MADE IN U.S.A. 994455"; above sticker is handwritten number in ink "1691".
(b)
Metal apparatus has instructional text "% CO FOR / 1 2 5 / SQUEEZES / 0 0 0 / SELECT NEAREST COLOR / MATCH AND READ % / CO FOR THE NUMBER / OF TIMES THE BULB / WAS SQUEEZED."
One side of the metal section has green text "MSA / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. / 83096".
Bulb has raised text on end "2 oz.".
(c)
Handle has blue text on one side "48483".
(e-f)
Black number printed at one end of the glass "91229".
(h)
Box has blue printed text on top including "Package of 12 Part No. 47134 / INDICATING TUBES / ... / Expiration date OCT 1982 Lot No. 101 / Manufactured By / MSA / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. 15208 / Detects the following: / Gas/Vapor / Carbon Monoxide / Range-% / .001-0.1" and one long side "MSA Part No. 47134 Carbon Monoxide .001-0.1".
Paper instruction sheet with black printed text on both sides including "INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETECTING CARBON MONOXIDE / Using Indicating Tubes, Part No. 47134 / ... / Manufactured by / MSA / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. 15208 / HH-272 REV 4 994200".
(i)
Black printed instructions on both sides including "MSA / INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETECTING / CARBON MONOXIDE / Using Detector Tubes, Part No. 91229 / ... / To Prepare for Test: / ... / To Make Test: / ... / CALIBRATION SCALES - PPM BY VOLUME / ... / (over) / ... / Manufactured by / MSA / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. 15208 / A0701 994357".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items related to Jennings Daniel Breedon's career as a coal miner and mine inspector throughout Appalachia. Jennings Daniel Breedon was born in Richwood, West Virginia in 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 into 1946. After his military service he started work at the Cherry River Coal Company as a miner from June through September of 1946. He left to attend school, but by the fall of 1947 he was back in the mines, this time at the Imperial Smokeless Coal Company, also in West Virginia. He left because of a lack of work and started work at the Johnstown Coal and Coke Company in their Nettie, West Virginia mine. There he worked his way up to a General Mine Foreman and in 1962 he left to work for the Bureau of Mines as a mine inspector. He started out inspecting mines near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, from 1962 until around 1970. Then he transferred to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and worked for the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (became Mining Safety and Health Administration) until 1982. Then he was transferred to Kentucky for about six years. Afterwards he returned to the Monroeville area to finish out his career. Jennings Breedon is the donor Patricia Donati's father
Previous owner
Jennings Daniel Breedon
Related institution
Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
Related institution
Cherry River Coal Company
Related institution
Johnstown Coal and Coke Company
Related institution
United States Bureau of Mines
Related institution
Mine Safety and Health Administration
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