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safety lamp

NOUN
oil lamp that will not ignite gases
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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 was seated beside the small window table on which the lamp stood, a safety lamp, especially reserved for his use on account of his blindness.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum

“Without the light, the little safety lamp, I couldn’t do-o it,” he told himself.

From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Isabel Katherine Hornibrook



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