Clowes Lamp
Clowes Lamp
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Clowes Lamp

YKSMM: 1997.116
Manufacturer
Stanley of Derby
Subject
Flame-Safety Lamp

The Clowes lamp is another example of a lamp developed solely for gas testing. The design was an enhanced version of the well-regarded Ashworth Hepplewhite Gray lamp, and devised by James Ashworth and Professor Frank Clowes in 1892.

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Flame-Safety Lamps Gas Detectors 20th Century
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