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A miners lamp was a lamp that could be safely used in an atmosphere potentially containing an explosive gas mixture, with no risk of triggering an explosion.
The English scientist Humphrey Davey noticed that if you passed a stream of gas through wire gauze, and then ignited it on one side of the gauze, the flame did not pass through to the other side. If the gas was lit on the side farthest from the gas jet, it never jumped through to the source of the gas.
Davey made an oil-lamp where the flame was surrounded by wire gauze. The lamp was lit well away from any area at risk of explosion. Any flammable gas that entered through the gauze could be seen burning, but the flame didn't spread outside.
The original lamp was a bit dim, so later models had the flame in a glass chimney. The air coming in from the mine and the carbon dioxide coming out each passed through a gauze barrier. The lamp was known as a Davey Lamp.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoMiners' lamps were/are produced in many varieties with many names. There were simple rush torches, clay oil lamps, a variety of candleholders (sometimes called sticking tommies), oilwick cap lamps (also called tea pot lamps and sunshine lamps), carbide cap lamps, cabide hand lamps, flame safety lamps (Davy, Clanny, unbonneted Clanny, and a myriad of varieties of these), electric cap lamps, and electric hand lamps.
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What is the collective noun for miners?
Collective nouns for miners are a crew or a shift.
Is the word lamp a common noun?
Yes, the word 'lamp' is a common noun, a general word for a device used for light or heat; a word for any lamp of any kind.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Dr. Eric Lamp, Optometrist, Wichita, KSBrass Lamp Drive in Ballwin, MO or Lamp Street in Oakland, CALamp Post Inn, Ann Arbor, MI
Why are people from Newcastle called 'geordies'?
Some people say that it was because of George II, whilst most believe it was after a miners safety lamp called a Geordie Lamp. i don't really know and I'm from Newcastle. the thing that get me about people from down south is most of them think we are poor, not very clever, and have a thick accent. i don't have an accent (most people think im from down south and posh). Newcastle is one of the best cities in the UK. There is only one thing Newcastle doesn't have as much as and that is knife crime!! ;)
Is lamp a verb?
no it is a noun .it is thing. remember Nouns name persons places or things.
What is a compound word starting with lamp?
lamp-post -------- Lamp-shade
Who invented the miners safety lamp knowns as the Davy Lamp?
sir humprey
What did Humphrey Davy invent?
miners safety lamp Which was to be known as "The Davy Lamp"
Who invented the miners safety lamp knowns as the Davy Lamp the Davy avy?
sir humpherry
Who invented the miners safety lamp known as the Davy lamp?
Sir Humphrey Davy in 1815.
What is a lamp boy?
a lamp boy is the medium of communication between miners whose lamps have gone out or have been rendered inefficient and the chief lamp man's room in the upper world. So basically he wonders around and gets the miners a lamp that works if there's doesn't.
Why did humphry davy invent the miners lamp?
for searching mines
Who invented the miners safety lamp knwn as the Davy lamp?
Sir Humphry Davy.Gurjot Singh Sodhi
Where was the davy lamp invented?
For information about the Davy safety miners' lamp see the related link below.
Who uses a safety- lamp?
Mine workers and those who have to access potential gas filled environments
"Miners cats" is another name for what raccoon species?
MAYBE THEY HAVE A LIKENESS
How did the davy lamp save peoples lives?
It saved millions of miners lives. It also reduced the deaths of billions of miners.
What fuel do you put in a brass miners lamp?
carbide and water mixture
