The star of the lecture circuit at the time was Sir HumphryDavy, who plucked Faraday from obscurity to work as his laboratory assistant.
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The Age of Wonder details the work of people like Joseph Banks, HumphryDavy and William Herschel who transformed the way we view the world.
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The Davy safety lamp on which the sculpture is modelled was devised in 1815 by Sir HumphryDavy after a group of Newcastle miners told him of the dangers they faced from methane gas.
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