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  2. Davy lamp - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Mining lamp - Wikipedia

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    1813 Dr William Reid Clanny Exhibited The 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 Stephenson invented a similar lamp but Davys invention was safer due to it having a fine wire gauze that surrounded the flame. This enabled the ...

  4. Humphry Davy - Wikipedia

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    Outside the entrance to Sunderland Football Club's Stadium of Light stands a giant Davy Lamp, in recognition of local mining heritage and the importance of Davy's safety lamp to the mining industry. [81] There is a street named Humphry-Davy-Straße in the industrial quarter of the town of Cuxhaven, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [82]

  5. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    1809 Humphry Davy publicly demonstrates first electric lamp over 10,000 lumens, at the Royal Society. [4] 1813 National Heat and Light Company formed by Frederick Albert Winsor. 1815 Humphry Davy invents the miner's safety lamp. 1823 Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner invents the Döbereiner's lamp.

  6. List of officials of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    1.3 Secretary of State. 1.4 Secretary of War. 1.5 Secretary of the Navy. ... A list of officials of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846: First elected government of ...

  7. Geordie lamp - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. List of Texas state agencies - Wikipedia

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    Texas Department of Family and Protective Services; Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; Texas Department of Information Resources; Texas Department of Insurance; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; Texas Department of Public Safety; Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending; Texas Department of State Health ...

  9. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Arguments erupted between Davy and Gay-Lussac over who identified iodine first, but both scientists acknowledged Courtois as the first to isolate the element. In 1815, Humphry Davy invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners within coal mines to work safely in the presence of flammable gases.