miner's lamp

Example Sentences

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He later recalled using a coal miner’s lamp to keep working after dark.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2020

News accounts also reported that an open miner’s lamp may have touched off a small gas explosion, which then ignited a larger coal-dust blast.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2015

Ilasaca produced two hard hats and a miner’s lamp from a backpack, and we headed in.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

The disaster at Park Slip exactly 122 years ago is thought to have started because of a faulty miner's lamp.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2014

I couldn’t find any replacement batteries, so I flung the flashlight aside and put my miner’s lamp on my head, made sure it worked, then switched it off to conserve the batteries.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson