If you were a coal miner in the early 1800s, the light you used was an openflame oil lamp—even though mines were sometimes filled with “fire-damp,” a volatile mixiture of air and methane gas.

ALTHOUGH a period of 109 years has elapsed since Sir Humphry Davy gave to the world the first wire-gauze safety lamp, the mesh of the gauzes in use to-day is identical with that adopted in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Davy lamp was made by J.W. Queen ...

On this day in 1816, a safety lamp to prevent explosions in coal mines was tested in England for the first time. The Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphrey Davy, had a wire mesh screen surrounding the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Davy-style safety lamp was made ...