In 1815, after many miners were killed in several explosions in north-east England, Humphry Davy was asked if he could ... His prototype lamp is shown above. The new safety lamp was immediately ...

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 ...

Mining heirlooms, ranging from a commemorative watch to a Davy Lamp and pit tokens will be on show alongside Martin’s black and white film photography and Dr Powell’s poetry. Dr Powell said ...

Following a series of community and school workshops with professional sculptor, Andrew McKeon - who also designed the Davy Lamp Sculptor at Bowburn - the council has revealed the designs for ...