Mining was a dangerous business in the 19th Century as miners had to work in difficult conditions with limited tools. Add to it the risk posed by firedamp – the common name given to a mixture of ...
Coal, as the chemist Sir Humphry Davy observed in his 1818 book describing the development of this Davy Safety Lamp, was at the heart of much of early 19th-century England’s industrial progress.
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 ...
This week’s Historical Treasure at the Vigo County History Center is an extraordinary specimen of a pocket Davy’s coal mine safety lamp that was used in coal mines here in Vigo County. The safety lamp ...
Visitors to Beamish Museum in County Durham are digging deep into the past this half-term week as a special programme of events celebrates a turning point in mining history. Just One Spark, running ...
An event is being held to mark 200 years since the Davy Lamp transformed the safety of mining. Until 1815, open candles were used and ignited frequent methane explosions. Sir Humphry Davy's invention ...
However, the lamp didn’t shed enough light. So some miners routinely removed the mesh screen to shed more light on their dingy surroundings to make their gruelling task easier. But the decision to ...
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 safety lamp was made by J.W ...
Q: I recently inherited a lamp from my grandfather. My grandmother says she knows nothing about it except that he picked it up during one of his business trips to Europe. It is made of brass and steel ...
As scientific heroes go, Humphry Davy is up there with the best of them. He is revered not for his experiments with laughing gas or electrochemistry but because he demonstrated that science could be ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback