A mining lamp is a lamp, developed for the rigid necessities of

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operations. Most often it is worn on a

hard hat A hard hat is a type of helmet predominantly used in hazardous environments such as industrial or construction sites to protect the Human head, head from injury due to falling objects (such as tools and debris), impact with other objects, and ...

in the form of a

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History

Types 1813 Dr William Reid Clanny Exhibited The Clanny Lamp 1815

Humphry Davy Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several Chemical element, e ...

Exhibited The Davy Lamp 1815 George Stephenson Exhibited his Lamp The Davey Safety Lamp was made in London by

George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and Mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victoria ...

invented a similar lamp but Davys invention was safer due to it having a fine wire gauze that surrounded the flame. This enabled the light to pass through and reduced the risk of explosion by stopping the "firedamp" methane gas coming in contact with the flame. 1840 Mathieu Mueseler Exhibited The Museler Lamp in Belgium. 1859 William Clark patented the first electrical mining lamp. 1870s J.B.Marsaut (France) double gauze design 1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act required locked lamps under certain conditions 1881 Joseph Swan exhibited his first electric lamp 1882 Made by

William Reid Clanny William Reid Clanny FRSE (1776 – 10 January 1850) was an Irish physician and inventor of a safety lamp. Life Clanny was born in Bangor, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland. He trained as a physician at Edinburgh, and served as an assistant surge ...

invented a 'bonnetted' Clanny lamp, 1883 Elliis Lever of Culcheth Hall Bowdon offered a £500 prize for creation of a safe portable mining lamp. 1885 Thomas Evans of

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made a Clanny type of safety lamp 1886

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tested lamps and made recommendations 1887 Coal Mines Regulation Act – requirements on construction, examination, where used, etc. 1889 John Davis and Co, Derby, were supplying portable electric lamps 1896 Coal Mines Regulation Act - requirements on provision by mine owners, where to be used, etc. 1909 Cap (helmet) lamps introduced in Scotland 1911 Prize offered for best electrical lamp 1911 Coal Mines Act made requirements for

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s to take examinations, where can be used (including electrical), etc. 1920 Electrical lamp with built in accumulator

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Miners Lamp Committee – tests and recommendations 1950 Shale miner's electric safety cap lamp and battery pack made in England and supplied by Concordia Electric Safety Lamp Company Ltd, Cardiff.

Variants

Carbide lamp A carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water (H2O). Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beac ...

, a lamp that produces and burns acetylene *

Safety lamp A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp that provides illumination in places such as coal mines where the air may carry coal dust or a build-up of flammable gases, which may explode if ignited, possibly by an electric spark. Until the d ...

, any of several types of lamp which are designed to be safe to use in

coal mine Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

s **

Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.Geordie lamp The Geordie lamp was a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a miner's lamp to prevent explosions due to firedamp in coal mines. Origin In 1815, Stephenson was the engine-wright at the Killingw ...

, a safety lamp **

Wheat lamp A wheat lamp is a type of incandescent light designed for use in underground mining, named for inventor Grant Wheat and manufactured by Koehler Lighting Products in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, a region known for extensive mining ac ...

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