A few additional practical observations on the wire-gauze safety-lamps for miners
with some evidence of their use
by Sir Humphry Davy
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Industrial Medicine, Mine safety, Safety lamps, FiredampPlaces
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A few additional practical observations on the wire-gauze safety-lamps for miners: with some evidence of their use
1816, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's
in English
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Observations signed: H.D.
Includes a letter to Davy from John Buddle, a prominent mining engineer who assisted him in the lamps development and another from John Peile, a colliery manager.
Very rare. Intended for distribution amongst colliery owners and managers. One of only a handful of early fire-damp eassays to be published separately.
Copy 1 Supplier: Pickering & Chatto Note: Inscription on t.p.: 'By Sir H. Davy. For distribution amongst the coal owners & mines. Not Published. For the Geological Society of P----. From the Author.' Cropped close at head touching inscription.
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