| He also developed the innovative davy lamp for use in coal mines. |
| Several decades later the Englishman Davy attempted to obtain the metal hidden in alums. |
| Rather than testify in open court, each sailor posted a davy before sailing off. |
| Davy went on to apply his method for preparing sodium to the extraction of potassium, calcium, and other active metals. |
| You and me should get on well, Hawkins, for I'll take my davy I should be rated ship's boy. |
| The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight. |
