safety lamp
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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
He discovered that flame would not pass through fine wire gauze, and he made a safety lamp in which a little oil lamp was placed in a round funnel of wire gauze.
From Diggers in the Earth by Tappan, Eva March
To remedy this, Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp in 1815, which gave the miners the light they needed and prevented these explosions.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History by Ontario. Ministry of Education
