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Stephenson's safety lamp shown with Davy's lamp on the left. The Geordie lamp was a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a miner's lamp to prevent explosions due to firedamp in coal mines.
Rimmer, D & others Clanny, Stephenson and Davy: commemorating the bicentenary of the miners safety lamps. Miners Lamp Collectors Society, 2015; Watson, W.F. The invention of the miners safety lamp: a reappraisal Transactions, Newcomen Society 70(1) 1998-9, 135-141 "to settle the disputed features of the lamps of Clanny, Davy and Stephenson"
In 1867, Thomas patented an improvement to the design of the safety lamp that would prevent the glass in the lamp from becoming loose by using india rubber. In 1868, he obtained a patent for "an improvement in the construction of miners' safety lamps, in such a manner as to enable petroleum or other mineral oils to be consumed therein". [2]
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 .
1882 Made by William Reid Clanny invented a 'bonnetted' Clanny lamp, [6] 1883 Elliis Lever of Culcheth Hall Bowdon offered a £500 prize for creation of a safe portable mining lamp. [7] [8] 1885 Thomas Evans of Aberdare made a Clanny type of safety lamp [9] 1886 Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines tested lamps and made recommendations
Clanny, William Reid (1816a), "An account of the trial of Dr Reid Clanny's lamp in some Newcastle coal mines", Annals of Philosophy, VII: 368–373; Clanny, William Reid (1816b), "Practical observations on safety lamps for coal mines", Annals of Philosophy, VIII: 353–357; Durham Mining Museum (2012), Mill Pit, Herrington
An acetylene gas miner's lamp. A carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C 2 H 2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC 2) with water (H 2 O). [1] Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable ...
1815 Humphry Davy invents the miner's safety lamp. 1823 Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner invents the Döbereiner's lamp. 1835 James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a light bulb based electric lighting system to the citizens of Dundee. 1841 Arc-lighting is used as experimental public lighting in Paris. 1853 Ignacy Łukasiewicz invents the modern kerosene ...
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