The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country.
-- George Stephenson
   
George Stephenson   Name:
George Stephenson
Type:
Inventor
Nationality:
English
Birth:
June 9, 1781
Death:
August 12, 1848
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