Davy lamp
Safe mine illumination
A Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in coal mines, designed with wire gauze surrounding the flame to prevent it from igniting flammable gases.
The lamp also served as a gas detector—changes in the flame's appearance warned miners of dangerous methane levels.
Named for chemist Humphry Davy, who invented it in 1815.
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- coal dustPowdered carbon fuel remnant
- coal minesUnderground fuel extraction sites
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
- miningExtracting earth's resources
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