Amining lamp is alamp, developed for the rigid necessities ofunderground mining operations. Most often it is worn on ahard hat in the form of aheadlamp.
Types
1813Dr William Reid Clanny Exhibited The Clanny Lamp
1815Humphry Davy Exhibited The Davy Lamp
1815 George Stephenson Exhibited his Lamp
TheDavey Safety Lamp was made in London byHumphry Davy.George Stephenson 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.[1]
1840Mathieu Mueseler Exhibited TheMuseler Lamp in Belgium.[2]
1859 William Clark patented the first electrical mining lamp.[3]
1870s J.B.Marsaut (France) double gauze design[4]
1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act required locked lamps under certain conditions[5]
1881 Joseph Swan exhibited his first electric lamp
1882 Made byWilliam Reid Clanny invented a'bonnetted' Clanny lamp,[6]
1883 Elliis Lever of Culcheth Hall Bowdon offered a £500 prize for creation of a safe portable mining lamp.[7][8]
1885 Thomas Evans ofAberdare made a Clanny type of safety lamp[9]
1886Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines tested lamps and made recommendations
1887Coal Mines Regulation Act – requirements on construction, examination, where used, etc.[10]
1889 John Davis and Co, Derby, were supplying portable electric lamps[11]
1896Coal Mines Regulation Act - requirements on provision by mine owners, where to be used, etc.[12]
1909 Cap (helmet) lamps introduced in Scotland
1911 Prize offered for best electrical lamp
1911Coal Mines Act made requirements forpit managers to take examinations, where can be used (including electrical), etc.
1920 Electrical lamp with built in accumulator
1924 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.[13]
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