Davy lamp
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John DaviesKirkby in Cleveland, North Yorkshire • The container of the Olympic flame flown into the UK is actually a Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphry Davy 200 years ago to prevent explosions in coalmines.
From The Guardian • May 23, 2012
He thought perhaps the butty would let him go down with his Davy lamp.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles
With the complicated improvements which have since been made in the Davy lamp, a state of almost absolute safety can be guaranteed, but still from time to time explosions are reported.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.
The Davy lamp was hung up before him, and the big corve was by his side.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
