Davy lamp

The explosion was apparently caused by a hole in one of the workers' Davy lamps.

The flame in his Davy lamp turned blue indicating explosive gas.

The Davy lamp was of no use here.

All except the very earliest Davy lamps have a double layer at the top of the cage.

This was done in all mines until the Davy lamp was universally adopted.

The research led to the Davy lamp, and Hodgson's help was acknowledged.

To emphasise the fact, a Davy lamp is located in front of the stadium's ticket office, adjacent to the stadium.

The Davy lamp was simpler and cheaper, and was popular with mine owners.

An escape of inflammable gas under pressure extinguished the rescue team's Davy lamps but they continued working in darkness.

If flammable gas mixtures were present, the flame of the Davy lamp burned higher with a blue tinge.

After the widespread introduction of the safety lamp, explosions continued because the early Davy lamps were fragile and easily damaged.

In 1815 he invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases.

The most convincing example is that of the Davy lamp (New Scientist, 10 February, p 363).

As well as road runners, the Flame was conveyed on other modes of transport, sometimes kept in Davy lamps.

Many workers in the mine used lamps with naked flames (as opposed to the more expensive Davy lamps), despite the risk of gas explosions.

The stadium also has a Davy lamp monument, and a statue of Bob Stokoe.

Even in those winter months, when lit by the cosy glow of Davy Lamps, there was at least a good fire burning in the hearth.

Today he is possibly best known as the inventor of the Miner's Safety Lamp, or Davy lamp.

Live At The Davy Lamp (2000)

The cauldron was extinguished for the move and the Olympic flame kept burning in a small Davy lamp, similar to those used during the torch relay.

In a coal mine containing highly explosive coal dust or methane, the wire mesh of a Davy lamp must be very tightly spaced.

The displays included mining pit lamps such as the famous Davy lamp, tools used in the mining trade and a selection of art by former miners.

They had no Davy lamp with which to read their aneroid, and could only tell from the upward flight of fragments of paper that they were descending.

Known as the Geordie lamp it was to be widely used in the North-east in place of the Davy lamp.

The first trial of a Davy lamp with a wire sieve was at Hebburn Colliery on 9 January 1816.