WHO IS THE INVENTOR?

Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy. iStock: © pictore

The Davy lamp was invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. He was born in 1778 in Cornwall and, at the age of sixteen, became an apprentice to a village apothecary. There, he discovered his passion for chemistry and spent his free time conducting experiments...

(Kruizinga, J.H.: VIII Van fakkel tot mijnlamp. In: Ontmoetingen met Verzamelaars. 1953, pp. 67/68)