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Davy lamp
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Davy lamp
n
(Mining & Quarrying) See safety lamp
[named after its inventor Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), English chemist]
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Noun1.Davy lamp - an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)Davy lamp - an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
safety lamp
kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp - a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
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Davy lamp
n → (Gruben)sicherheitslampe f
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Families will have the chance to handle museum items including replica and real miners' lamps from throughout the ages with demonstrations on how Davy lamps work.
Inventive use of museum by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Gordon's firm used to produce thousands of Davy lamps, used by miners to detect dangerous gases.
FLAMING HEROES; SCOTS KEEP OLYMPIC TORCH ALIGHT by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
The village of 600 permanent souls has an air of artificiality: a plastic identity - all stovepipe hats and Davy lamps - moulded out of its visitors' sepia-tinged preconceptions rather than harvested from its own roots.
THE VIEW FROM HERE: A beautiful temptress just in it for the money; ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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