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One of the designs of safety lamps for mining | One of the designs of safety lamps for mining | ||
1813 Invented by [[William Reid Clanny|Dr. Clanny]]. | |||
According to Bagot: he attempted to improve the light yielded by the [[Davy Lamp|Davy lamp]] by substituting a short thick glass cylinder round the flame instead of the wire gauze. But this lamp was introduced 2 years before the Davy and the Geordie lamps so the development is open to question. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:58, 16 November 2023
One of the designs of safety lamps for mining
1813 Invented by Dr. Clanny.
According to Bagot: he attempted to improve the light yielded by the Davy lamp by substituting a short thick glass cylinder round the flame instead of the wire gauze. But this lamp was introduced 2 years before the Davy and the Geordie lamps so the development is open to question.
See Also
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