- DAVY-LAMP
- a lamp encased in gauze wire which, while it admits oxygen to feed the flame, prevents communication between the flame and any combustible or explosive gas outside.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
DAVY-LAMP
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