Definitions for safety lamp
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
safe′ty lamp`(n.)
a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the ignition of explosive gases.
Category: Mining
Origin of safety lamp:
1810–20
Princeton's WordNet
safety lamp, Davy lamp(noun)
an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
Wiktionary
safety lamp(Noun)
A miner's lamp designed to avoid explosion by enclosing the flame in fine wire gauze.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Safety Lamp
name of a variety of lamps for safety in coal-mines against "fire-damp," a highly explosive mixture of natural gas apt to accumulate in them; the best known being the "Davey Lamp," invented by Sir Humphrey Davy; the "Geordie," invented by George Stephenson, both of which, however, have been superseded by the Gray, Muesler, Marsant, and other lamps; all are constructed on the principle discovered by Davy and Stephenson, that a flame enveloped in wire gauze of a certain fineness does not ignite "fire-damp." Saffi
Translations for safety lamp
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
safety lamp(noun)
a type of lamp used in mines that does not set fire to any inflammable gases there.
- veiligheidslampAfrikaans

- مِصْباح الأمانArabic

- миньорска лампаBulgarian

- lâmpada de segurançaPortuguese (BR)

- bezpečnostní lampaCzech

- die GrubenlampeGerman

- sikkerhedslampeDanish

- λυχνία ασφαλείαςGreek

- lámpara de seguridadSpanish

- kaevurilampEstonian

- لامپ بي خطرFarsi

- kaivoslamppuFinnish

- lampe de sûretéFrench

- מְנוֹרַת בִּיטָחוֹןHebrew

- निरापद दीपHindi

- sigurnosna svjetiljka, rudarska svjetiljkaCroatian

- bányászlámpaHungarian

- lampu tambangIndonesian

- öryggislampiIcelandic

- lampada di sicurezzaItalian

- 安全灯Japanese

- 안전등Korean

- šachtininko lempaLithuanian

- ogļraču lampaLatvian

- lampu keselamatanMalay

- veiligheidslampDutch

- gruvelampeNorwegian

- lampa górniczaPolish

- لامپ بي خطرPersian

- ګیسPashto

- lâmpada de segurançaPortuguese

- lampă de siguranţăRomanian

- рудничная лампаRussian

- bezpečnostná lampaSlovak

- rudarska svetilkaSlovenian

- rudarska lampaSerbian

- gruvlampaSwedish

- ตะเกียงที่ใช้ในเหมือง ซึ่งกันเปลวไฟมิให้ทำปฏิกิริยากับแก๊สThai

- madenci lâmbasıTurkish

- (礦坑內使用,不會使可燃氣體著火的)安全燈Chinese (Trad.)

- (вибухо)безпечна лампаUkrainian

- کانوں میں استعمال کی جانے والی حفاظتی لیمپUrdu

- đèn an toàn ( của thợ mỏ)Vietnamese

- (矿工的)安全灯Chinese (Simp.)

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