HUMPHRY DAVY AND THE DAVY MINING LAMP

Louisa Cornell One of the major industries in the north of England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was mining. From Yorkshire, through Cornwall, and throughout Wales it was a way of life and a way of living for many of those areas’ poorest citizens. Whilst most mines were owned and run by private industrialists, … Continue reading "HUMPHRY DAVY AND THE DAVY MINING LAMP"