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
This was done in all mines until the Davy lamp was universally adopted.
From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Verne, Jules
Men were much more careless in the handling of naked lights than they are now, and the beneficent gift of the Davy lamp was looked on with mistrust.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie
This testing with the open flame has almost entirely ceased since the introduction of the perfected Davy lamp.
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
