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A face tattoo or facial tattoo is a tattoo located on the bearer's face or head. It is part of the traditional tattoos of many ethnic groups. In modern times, although it is considered taboo and socially unacceptable in many cultures, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as considered extreme in body art, [ 3 ] this style and placement of tattoo has emerged in ...
The two most recent variants of the cap lamp are the GEN 4 and GEN 5 models. The GEN 4 model, approved for use by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MHSA), uses the headpiece of existing cap lamps, but retrofitted with new LEDs and electronics. The GEN 5 model is very similar to the GEN 4 model except with a more intense spot beam that ...
The miner's cap (German: Fahrhaube) is part of the traditional miner's costume. It consists of a white material (linen) and served in the Middle Ages to protect the miner when descending below ground ( unter Tage ).
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"
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
See American coal miners below: Coal was originally used in America in the 1300s by the Hopi Indians as a way to cook their food, warm themselves and fire their clay. Coal did not resurface in the ...
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 ...
Our country's pumpkin-carving history began with a spooky tale. The post The History of Jack-o-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition appeared first on Reader's Digest.