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The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.[1] It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.
- ^ Brief History of the Miner's Flame Safety Lamp Archived 26 August 2003 at the Wayback Machine at minerslamps.net. Accessed 7 July 20121