“On the fire damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion. Read November 9, 1815. [Together with:] “An Account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire damp in coal mines, by consuming the fire damp. Extracted from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1816.
A little light foxing, some offsetting from the plate at the folds. Very good. Modern marbled boards. Quarto. pp. 1-24, with original title-page to the volume preserved. One engraved folding plate. Davy’s first description of his safety lamp. A disastrous mine explosion in England in 1813 led to the formation.....