Practice mode Inventions

Which scientist invented the safety lamp for coal miners in 1815?

Correct answer D. Humphry Davy

Explanation

Sir Humphry Davy designed a lamp in 1815 whose wire gauze stopped the flame from igniting firedamp (methane) in coal mines, saving many miners' lives.

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