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.

This week’s topic features International Day of Light, which falls on May 16 th. While researching this day, I learned a bevvy of fun facts that I thought might entertain my readers as well ...

They also detail the work that he and Michael Faraday did developing the miners’ safety lamp that came to be known as the Davy lamp. “The talk promises to be full of new and interesting ...

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 ...