| Reference number | PT/73/5/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, miners' safety lamp by [Humphry Davy] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Description | Plate 1 showing safety lamp designs and details comprising figures 1-8 of the published plate, in a variant order. Figures 9-11 which appeared on the published plate are not present. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion' by Humphry Davy.
Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1815. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 207x327mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0024 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0001 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/10/1 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8613 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |