safety lamp
Flame-protected mining lantern
A safety lamp is a miner's lamp designed to prevent igniting flammable gases underground.
The flame is enclosed in fine wire mesh that dissipates heat, allowing the lamp to burn without triggering explosions in coal mines.
The Davy lamp, invented in the early 19th century, was the most famous design.
Before electric lighting, safety lamps were essential equipment in deep mining.
David's diminutive form
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- innovationCreating something original
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
- meshInterlocking open weave
Stephenson · flameproof · prototype · design · engineer · breakthrough
Simplest alkane fuel
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- coal dustPowdered carbon fuel remnant
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- flammableProne to ignition
combustible · volatile · gas · spark · accident · precaution · danger · risk
Davy
David's diminutive form
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- innovationCreating something original
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
Stephenson · mesh · flameproof · prototype · design · engineer · breakthrough
methane
Simplest alkane fuel
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- coal dustPowdered carbon fuel remnant
- ignitionStarting combustion process
flammable · combustible · volatile · gas · spark · accident · precaution · danger · risk · hazardous
coal mine
Underground fuel extraction site
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- minerOne who excavates ore
- collieryCoal extraction site
pit · shaft · gallery · tunnel · seam · excavation · drift · headlamp · fireman · deputy
flame
Burning gas made visible
brightness · flicker · gleam · radiance · gauze · mesh · luminous · light · visibility
- Georgian Inventionsspinning jenny, cotton gin, steam engine, power loom, flying shuttle
- mine safetyhard hat, hard hats, gas detectors, coal dust, ventilation fan
- Mining Hazardscave-in, collapse, explosion, methane, gas explosion
- Mining Heritagecolliery, coal town, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp
- old lampskerosene lantern, oil lantern, lantern, gas light, gaslight
- Victorian inventionstelegraph, steam engine, phonograph, typewriter, light bulb