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RefNoPT/73/4/12
LevelItem
TitleDrawing, miners' safety lamp, by I [John] Farey
CreatorFarey; John Jr (1791-1851); English engineer
Date[1813]
DescriptionPlate 15 containing three figures showing an arrangement for keeping a candle flame alight in coal mines without the risk of fire damp explosion. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Signed 'I. Farey delin' [John Farey junior (1791-1851)]. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the means of procuring a steady light in coal mines without the danger of explosions' by William Reid Clanny.

Read to the Royal Society on 20 May 1813.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions268x213mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0279
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0027
RelatedRecordPT/7/24
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8605
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