Safety lamp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
    Davy lamp.

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  1. a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.
Definitions
  1. . (Mining) See under Lamp.

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