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Invention of Safety Lamp

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1833Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1833

George Stephenson1833

Science / Technology

A House of Commons committee wfinds that Stephenson had equal claim to having invented the safety lamp

Names involved

George Stephenson

Provenance

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