Davy lamp

Davy's first safety lantern, 1815 (at left)
Diagram of a Davy lamp

The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.[1] It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.

  1. ^ Brief History of the Miner's Flame Safety Lamp Archived 26 August 2003 at the Wayback Machine at minerslamps.net. Accessed 7 July 20121

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