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
The name of Humphrey Davy will always be best known from its association with the ingenious safety lamp which he invented, and which well entitles him to rank as one of the benefactors of mankind.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
He unfastens the door with his skeleton key, lights a burner in the hallway and a safety lamp which he carries with him.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
