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invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines , by 

 consuming the fire-damp, read Januar. u , 1816; Farther experiments on the com- 

 bustion of explosive mixtures confined by wire-gauze , with some observations on 

 Jlame, read Januar. 25. 1816, in Phil. Trans. V. CIV. p. i. p. 23. p. 115: 

 Some Researches on Jlame , read Januar. 16, 1817: Some new experiments arid 

 observations on the combustion of gazeous mixtures, with an account of a me- 

 thod of preserving' a continued light in mixtures of inflammable gases and air 

 without Jlame , read Januar. 23, 1817. in Phil. Trans. V. CV. p. 45. p. 77; ver- 

 der in the Philosoph. Magaz. V. XL VIII. p. 51. 1816. A fe\v additional practi- 

 cal observations on the wire-gauze savety '-lamps for miners, with some evidence of 

 their Use and p. 197 suggestions arising from inspections of wire-gauze lamps in 

 their working state in mines , en in the Journ. of Science and the Arts. V. I. p. 

 - 305. 1817. Observations on the preceding letter (on the practical application of the 

 Wire-gauze safe lamp from j. BUDLE) and V. IV. p. 124-. 1818. The safety-lamp 

 applied as an argand lamp. Afzonderlijk heeft DAVY uitgegeven : On the Safety 

 Lamp for coal miners with some researches onjlame. Lend. 1818. 8. The coal 

 owners of the Tyne and Wear evinced their sense of benefits resulting from this 

 Invention , by presenting Sir HUMPHRY with a handsome service of plate worth two 

 thousand pounds , at a public dinner at Newcastle, October 11. 1817. Gent I. 

 Magaz. 



(54) The President and Council of the Royal Society adjudged t heCold and Silver 

 Medals on Count Runford's donation, to Sir HUMPHRY DAVY for Ms papers on com- 

 bustion and Jlame , published in the last Volume of the Philosophical Transactions , 

 in Phil. Trans. V. CV. 1817. 



(55) ^ am anxious, fchrijfc DAVY aan BANKS, aangaande het ontploffend ver- 

 mogen van de chlor-ftikftof, that those circumstances should be made public as 

 speedily as possible, because experiments upon the substance may be connected with 

 very dangerous results. Phil. Trans. V. CI. p. I. Van deze ftof CUVIER fpreken- 

 de , die DULONG , den ontdekker daarvan , van een oog beroofd heeft, zegt : 

 Cette mime substance a pense priver la chimie de fun de ses plus illustres soutiens, 

 M. LE CHEVALIER , H. DAVY. Men denke hier verder aan de gevaarlijke proeven 



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