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

Having done so, before poor Kempson could stop him, he had opened his safety lamp, and put in the bowl of his pipe to light it.

From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles

But 'white damp' hasn't got any effect on the flame of a safety lamp.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis