Definition of Davy lamp

1. Noun. An oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane).

Exact synonyms: Safety Lamp
Generic synonyms: Kerosene Lamp, Kerosine Lamp, Oil Lamp

Definition of Davy lamp

1. Noun. A miners’ lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Davy Lamp

Davis interlocking sound
Davis shutter
Davison
Davitt
Davo
Davy
Davy's gray
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett cap
Davy Crockett caps
Davy Crockett hat
Davy Crockett hats
Davy Jones
Davy Jones' locker
Davy Jones's locker
Davy lamp (current term)
Davy lamps
Davys
Dawbarn's sign
Dawe
Dawega
Dawes
Dawida
Dawinka
Dawkes
Dawkin
Dawkins
Dawkinsian
Dawn
Daws

Literary usage of Davy lamp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"There were two modes in which explosions in mines could he prevented : the first was by complete venti- I lation ; the second, by the use of the Davy lamp ..."

2. The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania, Or, Its Scenery, Internal by Eli Bowen (1852)
"Such was the Davy lamp ; and he believed that, as it was the first, it was also by far the ... The Davy lamp had been used with great success ever since, ..."

3. Transactions. by New Hampshire Medical Society, American Ethnological Society (1862)
"... and preventing the wire from becoming red hot, as in the case of the Davy-lamp, is an additional security; and where there is a strong current of air, ..."

4. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME. (1880)
"The first lamp is called the Ashworth and Woolrych Jack Davy lamp, Fig. 1, Plate XXII., and consists of an ordinary Davy lamp gauze of If th inch in ..."

5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"I i-Uir that it gives about three times the light of the Davy lamp, as I could see at least i yards before me in a straight line; and of its great safety I ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Several forms introducing slight changes from the original Davy lamp have been made. The lamp in vvhich the flame is protected by a wire gauze cylinder in ..."

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