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  2. Safety lamp - Wikipedia

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    A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp that provides illumination in places such as coal mines where the air may carry coal dust or a build-up of flammable gases, which may explode if ignited, possibly by an electric spark. Until the development of effective electric lamps in the early 1900s, miners used flame lamps to provide illumination.

  3. Mining lamp - Wikipedia

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    1859 William Clark patented the first electrical mining lamp. [3] 1870s J.B.Marsaut (France) double gauze design [4] 1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act required locked lamps under certain conditions [5] 1881 Joseph Swan exhibited his first electric lamp 1882 Made by William Reid Clanny invented a 'bonnetted' Clanny lamp, [6]

  4. Davy lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. [1] It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.

  5. Geordie lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Geordie lamp was a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a miner's lamp to prevent explosions due to firedamp in coal mines. Origin [ edit ]

  6. William Reid Clanny - Wikipedia

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    Clanny, William Reid (1816a), "An account of the trial of Dr Reid Clanny's lamp in some Newcastle coal mines", Annals of Philosophy, VII: 368–373; Clanny, William Reid (1816b), "Practical observations on safety lamps for coal mines", Annals of Philosophy, VIII: 353–357; Durham Mining Museum (2012), Mill Pit, Herrington

  7. 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 ...

  8. Category:Coal companies of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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  9. Felling mine disasters - Wikipedia

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    A Davy lamp, an early example of a safety lamp The tragedy inspired Hodgson to raise public concern about the hazards of mining. Public interest was fed by a short (16-page) pamphlet written by him and published prior to the second disaster in late 1813.

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