Davy lamp
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davy-lamp-178-7818057
title:
Davy lamp
text:
The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_lamp
date created:
2001-11-15T20:21:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T16:01:31Z
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13
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