Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. A book for old and young (1860)
Timbs, John, 1801-1875 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 352
mphrey Davy presented his first communicationrespecting his discovery of the Safety-lamp to the RoyalSociety in 1815. This was followed by a series of pa-pers, crowned by that read on the 11th of January, 1816,when the principle of the Safety-lamp was announced,and Sir Humphrey presented to the… … Model of the Safety-lamp, made by Sir Humphrey Davys own hands; in thepossession of the Royal Society. There have been several modifications of the Safety-lamp, and the merit of the discovery has been claimedby others, among whom was Mr. George Stephenson;but the question was set at rest in 1817 by…
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