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Letters can reveal far more than is intended.
In this talk, Sharon Ruston will discuss a hitherto unpublished collection of letters written to the Rev John Hodgson who has an important role in the invention of the safety lamp.
They shed new light on the ensuing controversy over who first created a safe lamp.
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2017-01-10 2017-01-10 Europe/London Letters, laughing gas and the lamp: Humphry Davy A talk about letters which shed new light on the ensuing controversy over who first created a safe lamp. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2017/01/10/letters-laughing-gas-and-the-lamp-humphry-davy-131394 Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum),21 Albemarle Street, London, London,Location
Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum),
London,
W1S 4BS
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