Editing Davy lamp (section)

{{short description|Safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres}}
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[[File:Davy's first safety lantern, 1815, and early wire gauge safety lamp, Science Museum, South Kensington, Acme Newspictures, c. December 1929, from the Digital Commonwealth - 1 22 10 001309 0004 A.jpg|thumb|upright|Davy's first safety lantern, 1815 (at left)]]
[[File:Davy lamp.png|thumb|upright|Diagram of a Davy lamp]]
The '''Davy lamp''' is a [[safety lamp]] used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by [[Sir Humphry Davy]].<ref name="Brief History">[http://www.minerslamps.net/homepage/safetylamphistory.htm Brief History of the Miner's Flame Safety Lamp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826065256/http://www.minerslamps.net/homepage/safetylamphistory.htm |date=26 August 2003 }} at minerslamps.net. Accessed 7 July 20121</ref> It consists of a [[Candle wick|wick]] lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in [[coal mine]]s, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of [[methane]] and other flammable gases, called ''[[firedamp]]'' or ''[[Damp (mining)|minedamp]].''