Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Concept

Safety lamps

Images

  • Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by Roffe after H. Howard.
All images (1)

Catalogue

    • Books
    • Online

    A description of the safety lamp invented by George Stephenson, and now in use at Killingworth colliery. To which is added, an account of the lamp constructed by Sir Humphrey Davy. With engravings / [George Stephenson].

    Stephenson, George, 1781-1848. | Date: 1817
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by Roffe after H. Howard.

    Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. | Reference: 2401i
    • Books
    • Online

    A few additional practical observations on the wire-gauze safety-lamps for miners : with some evidence of their use / [by Sir Humphry Davy].

    Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829. | Date: 1816
    • Books
    • Online

    The life of Sir Humphry Davy : Bart., LL. D., late president of the Royal Society, foreign associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c. / by John Ayrton Paris.

    Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856. | Date: 1831
All works (4)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 20:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 20:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 20:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 20:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence