safety lamp
Example Sentences
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The same gallery will host works by Ryan Gander, who will create sculptures inspired by northern inventions, from Joseph Swan's incandescent light bulb to George Stephenson's Geordie safety lamp.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2018
Again it was a result of an opened safety lamp igniting the gas.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2017
For it was in Newcastle in 1815 that the miners' safety lamp was first demonstrated, an entirely practical device made not for stylish appearance, but to stop miners from getting blown up.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2012
But 'white damp' hasn't got any effect on the flame of a safety lamp.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Each mine generating fire-damp so as to be detected by a safety lamp, shall be kept free from standing gas.
From Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 by The Department of Industrial Relations
