Davy lamp

American  

noun

1. a safety lamp formerly used by miners.

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Davy lamp British  

noun

1. See safety lamp

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Etymology

Origin of Davy lamp

First recorded in 1810–20; named after Sir H. Davy

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Example Sentences

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Davy lamp

John DaviesKirkby in Cleveland, North Yorkshire • The container of the Olympic flame flown into the UK is actually a Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphry Davy 200 years ago to prevent explosions in coalmines.

From The Guardian ● May 23, 2012

Men were much more careless in the handling of naked lights than they are now, and the beneficent gift of the Davy lamp was looked on with mistrust.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by David Christie Murray

He maintains, in opposition to Sir Humphry Davy, that the Davy lamp acts by its heat and rarefaction, and not from Sir H. Davy's theory, that flame is cooled by a wire-gauze covering.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 by Various

The Davy lamp was hung up before him, and the big corve was by his side.

From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston

Have you ever heard of the Humphrey Davy lamp?

From The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island by Roger Thompson Finlay

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