- The
Davy lamp is a
safety lamp used in
flammable atmospheres,
invented in 1815 by Sir
Humphry Davy. It
consists of a wick
lamp with the
flame enclosed...
- Sir
Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS, MRIA, FGS (17
December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a
British chemist and
inventor who
invented the
Davy lamp and a very...
- section:
Davy Lamps Lupton 1893, section:
Stephenson Lamp Purdy 1880
Lupton 1893, section:
Clanny Lamp Lupton 1893, section:
Mueseler NEIMME &
lamps, page:Mueseler...
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Davy may
refer to:
Davy (given name)
Davy (surname)
Davy lamp, a type of
safety lamp with its
flame encased...
-
Geordie safety lamps,
designed by
George Stephenson,
known locally as "Geordie the engine-wright", in 1815
rather than the
competing Davy lamps,
designed about...
-
relates that
opinion varied about the two
lamps' efficiency: that the
Davy Lamp gave more light, but the
Geordie Lamp was
thought to be
safer in a more gaseous...
- in coal
mines before the
invention of the
Geordie lamp and
Davy lamp. Even
after the
safety lamps were
brought into
common use,
firedamp explosions could...
- the
Davy lamp (invented by
Humphry Davy in the same year), Stephenson's
original design worked on
significantly different principles from
Davy's final...
- An arc
lamp or arc
light is a
lamp that
produces light by an
electric arc (also
called a
voltaic arc). The
carbon arc light,
which consists of an arc...
-
Clanny Lamp 1815
Humphry Davy Exhibited The
Davy Lamp 1815
George Stephenson Exhibited his
Lamp The
Davey Safety Lamp was made in
London by
Humphry Davy. George...
