Invented in 1815 by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy , the Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. Each lamp consisted of a cylinder of wire...
Invented in 1815 by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy , the Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. Each lamp consisted of a cylinder of wire...
The original Clanny safety lamp was designed in 1869 by Dr William Clanny to reduce the risk of explosions caused by 'firedamp', a gas composed...
The �bonnetted� Clanny is an updated version from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines of the original Clanny lamp. This safety lamp, designed...
This safety lamp, designed by Dr William Reid Clanny , reduced the risk of explosions caused by 'firedamp', a gas composed mainly of methane which is...
September 30: Davy Lamp Outside Stadium Of Light before the Championship match between Sunderland and Shefield Wednesday at Stadium Of Light on...
September 30: Davy Lamp Outside Stadium Of Light before the Championship match between Sunderland and Shefield Wednesday at Stadium Of Light on...
Miners at the Cannock Wood Pit handing in their Davy Lamps and lanterns at the end of their shift . May 8th 1939.
Miners using pickaxes to break coal in a mine, France, drawing by Alphonse de Neuville from Le Creusot et les mines de Saone-et-Loire by Louis...
Pupils from Golcar Junior, Infants and Nursery School, who dressed up as Miners Through The Ages. Jennifer Asquith is seen showing a Davy lamp to...
Coloured lithograph by Zannoli & Co after an original design by G Meloni. The Italian Muzio Muzzi�s design for an aerial machine, the �Retirremiga�,...
Oil on canvas painting by Henry Perlee Parker. The miners, who have coal-blackened faces, appear to have just finished a shift and are relaxing with...
Mezzotint by C Turner after a painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of...
Engraving by Hodgson. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801, he was...
Engraving by R C Roffe after an earlier painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic...
Engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after an original painting by T Philips. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic...
Accidents such as this were caused by firedamp - methane and other flammable gases, often mixed with air. The decomposition of coal and other...
Mezzotint by C Turner after a painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of...
Engraving by Ambroise Tardieu . Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he...
Engraving by J Pass. Miners worked by the light of naked flames during the 18th century, but these could ignite 'firedamp'. George Stephenson's...
Engraving entitled �Das Innere eines Steinkohlen-bergwerks bei Newcastle', of a coal mining scene, showing the miners� yield being lifted up the mine...
Invented in 1815 by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy , the Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. Each lamp consisted of a cylinder of wire...
Photograph showing boys on an educational visit underground at the colliery of Newton Chambers & Co Ltd in Thorncliffe, near Sheffield. The objective...
Photograph by Wilson showing two mine students leaving the pit shaft after spending their first two hours down a coal mine.
The Davy lamp on the left, designed by Sir Humphry Davy in 1815, consists of a cylinder of wire gauze containing a wick attached to an oil reservoir...
Diagrams of safety lamps designed by George Stephenson , Sir Humphry Davy , Clover & Cail and T Y Hall. Until the invention of the safety lamp,...
Various forms of the safety lamp invented by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy in 1815. The Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. It...
Invented in 1815 by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy , the Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. Each lamp consisted of a cylinder of wire...
The �bonnetted� Clanny is an updated version from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines of the original Clanny lamp. This safety lamp, designed...
Invented in 1815 by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy , the Davy lamp was the first miners� safety lamp. Each lamp consisted of a cylinder of wire...
Recreation of the experiment conducted by Sir Humphry Davy to make pure potassium, a soft, silvery-white metal, for the first time. Pure potassium...
Mezzotint by C Turner after a painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of...
Engraving by R C Roffe after an original painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic...
Engraving. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was appointed lecturer...
Painting by Sharples. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was...
Painting by Phillips. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was...
Painting by Jackson. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was appointed...
Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he...
Sir Humphry Davy , famous for his discovery of sodium and potassium, and invention of the miners' safety-lamp.
Engraving. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was appointed lecturer...
Engraving. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was appointed lecturer...
Engraving by Roffe after an original painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects...
Engraving by Charles Turner Warren published 1808, after a painting by Edward Bird . Beddoes is best known for his work on the medical uses of gases....
Mezzotint by C Turner after a painting by Henry Howard. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of...
The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last miners underground holds a Davy lamp. Circa 1992.
Model showcases designs on the runway at Heaven Gaia collection by designer Xiong Ying during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018...
Davy's electric egg. Intense light from voltaic arc between points of two carbon rods. It was not until some years after Davy's death in 1829 that...
Humphry Davy, English chemist, . Davy discovered sodium and potassium, and the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas . In 1801 he was appointed...
Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy , the English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature...
