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Davy lamp
Davy lamp n (Mining & Quarrying) See safety lamp [C19: named after Sir Humphry Davy, who invented it]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Davy lamp - an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)safety lampkerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp - a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light |
TranslationsDavy lamp
Davy lamp[′dā·vē ‚lamp] (mining engineering) An early safety lamp with a mantle of wire gauze around the flame to dissipate the heat from the flame to below the ignition temperature of methane. Davy lamp
Synonyms for Davy lampnoun an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)SynonymsRelated Words- kerosene lamp
- kerosine lamp
- oil lamp
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