[Answer] 8. Sir Humphry Davy was a chemist and physicist born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1778. What was his major invention that was very pertinent to British life?

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...1. Electrical safety fuse 2. Steam locomotive 3. China clay 4. Miners' safety lamp The Humphry Davy lamp had a metal gauze covered the flame, air could pass through to feed the flame with oxygen, but the explosive gasses were held back. The lamp was particularly useful in the coal mining industry where the presence of methane made the practice so dangerous. Tin was extensively mined in Cornwall, where there were no explosive gases present, however many Cornishmen worked in the coal mines elsewhere and this invention was therefore beneficial to many Cornish lives.

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Miners' safety lamp:

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