Re: Miners LampsThere is to be a free lecture arranged by The Newcomen Society at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester on Tuesday 29th March at 7.15 p.m. No advance booking is required.
The lecture will be on Sir Humphrey Davy and the development of the miners lamp from 1815 to 1818 entitled 'How Science Becomes Technology'. The lecture will be given by Professor Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at The Royal Institution, London.
Alan Vickers.
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