What happened in the 1810s?
🔒 1810 - The patent of the safety lamp by George Stephenson, which would compete with Humphry Davy's model in mining operations.
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Further Reading
Humphry Davy's miners' safety lamp - Royal Institution (rigb.org)
Safety lamp - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Safety Lamps | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
A Light in the Darkness: US Mine Lamps, the Early Years (mininghistoryassociation.org)
Davy lamp - Age of Revolution (ageofrevolution.org)
Humphry Davy and the “safety lamp controversy” | History of science (theguardian.com)
The Miners' Safety Lamp | Eric Edwards Collected Works (wordpress.com)
Momentous Britain on George Stephenson - 'Father of the Railways'? (co.uk)
Miner's lamp (ac.uk)
Davy lamp - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)