safety lamp
a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
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How to use safety lamp in a sentence
He made several important discoveries in the science, and invented the miner's safety lamp.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe advertised object of the meeting was to present him with a reward for “the invention of his safety-lamp.”
Lives of the Engineers | Samuel SmilesIt is the presence of this gas that necessitates the safety-lamp.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousBut still more dangerous is the adventurous miner who, for some reason, opens his safety lamp.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. CorbinIt was a patent safety lamp, and had always behaved very well.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for safety lamp
an oil-burning miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by a metal gauze to prevent it from igniting combustible gas: Also called: Davy lamp
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