Davy lamp

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John DaviesKirkby in Cleveland, North Yorkshire • The container of the Olympic flame flown into the UK is actually a Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphry Davy 200 years ago to prevent explosions in coalmines.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2012

A height of 1,500 feet was read by the Davy lamp, and then we entered fog—warm, wetting fog, through which the balloon would make no progress in spite of a prodigal discharge of sand.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

They had no Davy lamp with which to read their aneroid, and could only tell from the upward flight of fragments of paper that they were descending.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

Have you ever heard of the Humphrey Davy lamp?

From The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island by Finlay, Roger Thompson

Recently, M. Eugene Godard has obviated a portion of this difficulty by fitting a chimney, like that which is found of such incalculable service in the case of the Davy lamp.

From Wonderful Balloon Ascents by Marion, F. (Fulgence)