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[[Image:Davy_lamp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Davy miners' safety lamp]]
[[Image:Davy_lamp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Davy miners' safety lamp]]
'''Sir Humphrey Davy''' was an [[English]] chemist who worked in the coal mines of that country, and discovered a number of elements. He was a famous for inventing the Davy safety lamp which allowed naked flames to be used in coal mines without the danger of explosion from fire-damp (methane).
'''Sir Humphrey Davy''' (1778 - 1829) was an [[English]] [[chemist]] who worked in the coal mines of England, and discovered a number of [[elements]]. He was a famous for inventing the Davy safety lamp which allowed naked flames to be used in coal mines without the danger of explosion from fire-damp ([[methane]]).
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[[Category:Chemists]]
[[Category:Chemists]]