Translation for 'Davy lamp' from English to French

Davy lamp

lampe {f} de mineurminesoutil.PoSauv.

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lamp

phare {m}autobicyc.

lampe {f}

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incandescent lamp

lampe {f} à incandescencetech.

arc lamp

lampe {f} à arcélectr.tech.

reading lamp

lampe {f} de lecturemeub.

table lamp

lampe {f} de tablemeub.

safety lamp

lampe {f} de sûretétech.

LED lamp

lampe {f} DELélectr.

lampe {f} LEDélectr.

lampe {f} électroluminescenteélectr.

bedside lamp

lampe {f} de chevetmeub.

street lamp

réverbère {m}

lamp post

réverbère {m}

halogen lamp

lampe {f} (à) halogène

hurricane lamp

lampe-tempête {f}

lamp store

lampisterie {f} [vieilli]comm.

floor lamp [Am.]

lampe {f} à piedmeub.

gas street-lamp

bec {m} de gaz

standard lamp [Br.]

lampe {f} à piedmeub.

lampadaire {f}meub.

• In a coal mine containing highly explosive coal dust or methane, the wire mesh of a Davy lamp must be very tightly spaced.
• The displays included mining pit lamps such as the famous Davy lamp, tools used in the mining trade and a selection of art by former miners.
• The first gas detector in the industrial age was the "flame safety lamp" (or Davy lamp) was invented by Sir Humphry Davy (of England) in 1815 to detect the presence of methane (firedamp) in underground coal mines.
• Up to this time, miners had always used the safety lamp devised in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) but this new battery-powered Davy lamp eventually replaced the traditional safety lamp.
• Rolt relates that opinion varied about the two lamps' efficiency: that the Davy Lamp gave more light, but the Geordie Lamp was thought to be safer in a more gaseous atmosphere.

• While canaries were typically used to detect carbon monoxide, tools such as the Davy lamp and the Geordie lamp were useful for detecting methane and carbon dioxide, two asphyxiant gases.
• The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.
• The loss of life in the 1812 disaster was one of the motivators for the development of miners' safety lamps such as the Geordie lamp and the Davy lamp.
• In recognition of the historical importance of the mining industry in the club's main area of support, a Davy Lamp currently stands outside the stadium.
• Firedamp is explosive at concentrations between 4% and 16%, with most explosions occurring at around 10%. It caused many deaths in coal mines before the invention of the Geordie lamp and Davy lamp.

• Known as the Geordie lamp it was to be widely used in the North-east in place of the Davy lamp.
• Deep Navigation NUM lodge provided each working and recently retired miner with a presentation Davy lamp, with over 800 lamps distributed.
• The flame in Woolley's Davy lamp turned blue indicating explosive gas.
• Released on Davy Lamp Records, all proceeds of the record were going to the Anti-Apartheid Movement.