Davy lamp Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called "firedamp" or "minedamp." Davy's invention was preceded by that of William Reid Clanny, an Irish doctor at Bishopwearmouth, who had read a paper to the Royal Society in May 1813. The more cumbersome Clanny safety lamp was successfully tested at
S. Isadore Miner Woman's Council, by which she was chosen one of its delegates to the National Woman's Council. By 1904, she was converting women's social clubs into civic reform organizations. In 1900, she married William Allen Callaway. She died in Dallas, Texas, August 10, 1916, and was buried at Restland Memorial Park in that city. S. Isadore Miner S. Isadore Miner (September 25, 1863 – August 10, 1916), also known by the pen name Pauline Periwinkle, was an American journalist, poet, teacher, and feminist. She served as the first corresponding secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association and was a staff member