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
Thereafter he investigated volcanic action and fire-damp, and invented the safety lamp.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Various other devices were resorted to in the coal-mines before the introduction of a safety lamp.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
