1. The miners hence worked using open flame lights instead of safety lamps . 2. Before the invention of safety lamps , miners used candles with open flames. 3. Flame safety lamps have been replaced in mining with sealed explosion-proof electric lights. 4. Another founder member was William Reid Clanny, a pioneer of the safety lamp . 5. Sir Humphry Davy discovered seven chemical elements, and invented the miner's safety lamp . 6. All other illumination was from Marsaut and Donald type safety lamps . 7. Not all the safety lamps were found, however one was found that was unlocked. 8. Samson also stated that old workings should only be accessed with a safety lamp . 9. The miners used naked lights unlike the English miners who used the safety lamps . 10. Eccles became the first municipal corporation in England to operate a motorised Miners'Safety Lamps .