Definitions for davy lamp
davy lamp

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1. safety lamp, Davy lampnoun

   an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)

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1. Davy lampnoun

   A miners' lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp).

2. Etymology: after Sir Humphry Davy

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1. Davy lamp

   The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp.

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1. davy lamp

   A Davy lamp is a type of safety lamp for use in coal mines, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It was designed to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane gas, known as firedamp or miners' gas. The lamp consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. The screen allows the light to pass but prevents ignition of flammable gases in the atmosphere outside the lamp.

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1. Davy lamp

   see Safety lamp, under Lamp

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1. Davy lamp

   The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, consisting of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It originally burned a heavy vegetable oil. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp. Sir Humphry Davy had discovered that a flame enclosed inside a mesh of a certain fineness cannot ignite firedamp. The screen acts as a flame arrestor; air can pass through the mesh freely enough to support combustion, but the holes are too fine to allow a flame to propagate through them and ignite any firedamp outside the mesh. The news about Davy's lamp was made public at a Royal Society meeting in Newcastle on 3 November 1815, and the paper describing the lamp was formally presented on 9 November. For it, Davy was awarded the Society's Rumford Medal.. The first trial of a Davy lamp with a wire sieve was at Hebburn Colliery on 9 January 1816.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of davy lamp in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of davy lamp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=davy lamp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Davy_Lamp
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Lamp
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/davy lamp
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=davy lamp