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  2. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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    An acetylene gas miner's lamp. A carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C 2 H 2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC 2) with water (H 2 O). [1] Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable ...

  3. Mining lamp - Wikipedia

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    1909 Cap (helmet) lamps introduced in Scotland 1911 Prize offered for best electrical lamp 1911 Coal Mines Act made requirements for pit managers to take examinations, where can be used (including electrical), etc. 1920 Electrical lamp with built in accumulator 1924 Miners Lamp Committee – tests and recommendations

  4. Safety lamp - Wikipedia

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    Rimmer, D & others Clanny, Stephenson and Davy: commemorating the bicentenary of the miners safety lamps. Miners Lamp Collectors Society, 2015; Watson, W.F. The invention of the miners safety lamp: a reappraisal Transactions, Newcomen Society 70(1) 1998-9, 135-141 "to settle the disputed features of the lamps of Clanny, Davy and Stephenson"

  5. Sisters discover lamp worth $125,000 on 'Antiques Roadshow' - AOL

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    "This lamp is worth between $80,000 and $125,000 dollars," the appraiser announced. ... The lamp dates from 1905 and has the "rose helmet" shade design. The arc and leaf base gives it an art ...

  6. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Technically, anything over 20 years old can be coined "vintage." But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn't go to Beanie Babies. Instead, it conjures up images of vinyl...

  7. Davy lamp - Wikipedia

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    A type of Davy lamp with apertures for gauging flame height. The lamp consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. The screen acts as a flame arrestor; air (and any firedamp present) can pass through the mesh freely enough to support combustion, but the holes are too fine to allow a flame to propagate through them and ignite any firedamp outside the mesh.

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    Shop Now. Thomas Webb Art Nouveau Pair Bronze Iridescent Handled Glass Vases. $1146.63. 1stdibs.com

  9. Headlamp (outdoor) - Wikipedia

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    These lamps consisted of an incandescent lamp with a reflector, and a belt-mounted wet-cell storage battery [citation needed] sized to power the lamp for the entire working shift. [citation needed] After 12 hours a 1917-era miner's lamp produced less than one candlepower and about 2 to 5 total lumens. [3] This pattern became popular for similar ...

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