This example of a Davy lamp is an early one manufactured by John Newman c.1817. Davy only began work on a coal miner's safety lamp in 1815. He devised a metal gauze around the flame to prevent ...

Mining was important to Cornwall and so we were interested in the lamp.Humphrey Davy invented the Davy lamp in 1815.Miners used to use candles and that was really dangerous especially in coal ...