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Joe156 | 16:23 Tue 15th Aug 2017 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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The Welsh inventor of the miners safety lamp. (I thought Humphry Davy was born in Cornwall.)
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I've had a look online, and the only names that I've found, that are connected with the subject, are an Irishman called Clanny, George Stephenson (of railway fame), and Humphrey Davy. No sign of a Welshman.
16:28 Tue 15th Aug 2017
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Correct . . . in Penzance!
16:29 Tue 15th Aug 2017
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Some debate on who was the inventor of the miner's safety lamp
https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2015/jul/22/humphry-davy-lamp-controversy-history-science
16:31 Tue 15th Aug 2017
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There is evidence of an Evan Thomas of Aberdare Safety Lamp which appears to be a variation of the Davy Lamp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_lamp
16:43 Tue 15th Aug 2017

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