My Granddad worked in the mines with this Davy lamp nearly 40 years ago in Doncaster. He told me a story about what it was like to work down the mine in Doncaster with only this small lamp to see.

Learn more Dating back to at least 1815 — when Sir Humphry Davy introduced the Davy lamp, featuring an enclosed flame and a clip miners could attach to helmets or clothing — hands-free ...

Davy Lamps, pit tokens and old watches will go on show when an exhibition opens looking at Wearside’s mining history.

Invented by Humphrey Davy in the early 19th century, arc lamps were developed in France until 1878 when R E B Crompton started to manufacture an improved version at his Arc Works in Chelmsford.

Ferryhill Town Council has revealed designs for a 4m-tall miner’s lamp sculpture to honor the town’s mining heritage - to be installed ...

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 ...