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Blackdamp - Wikipedia
Blackdamp (also known as stythe or choke damp), sometimes found in enclosed environments such as mines, sewers, wells, tunnels and ships' holds, is an asphyxiant, reducing the available oxygen content of air to a level incapable of sustaining human or animal life .
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CHOKEDAMP Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Chokedamp definition: mine atmosphere so low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as to cause choking. choke.. See examples of CHOKEDAMP used in a sentence.
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CHOKEDAMP definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun Mining mine atmosphere so low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as to cause choking. Also called: blackdamp.
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choke-damp
choke-damp (ˈtʃəʊkˌdæmp) [f. choke- + damp.] A miner's term for the carbonic acid gas (or air largely mixed therewith) which accumulates in old workings in coal-pits, and at the bottom of wells, quarries, and caves; after an explosion in a coal-mine, it often rises and mingling with the remaining ni...
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Choke Damp - Science Museum Group Collection
A miner lies on a rail track, overcome by choke damp - the excess of carbon dioxide and nitrogen (otherwise called black damp in the 19th century)
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choke damp - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers ; a mixture of several gases left after oxygen is removed from the air, typically nitrogen ...
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choke-
choke- in comb. [the stem of the vb.] 1. a. in attributive relation to a n. = ‘choking, that chokes’: as choke-ball, choke-muddle; choke-cymbal (see quots. 1934 and 1938); also, a cymbal that is ‘choked’ (see choke v. 10 b); choke-strap, a strap which connects the collar with the belly-band, and kee...
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Died due to 'black damp' in a coal mine : r/DeathCertificates - Reddit
"Blackdamp (also known as stythe or choke damp), sometimes found in enclosed environments such as mines, sewers, wells, tunnels and ships ...
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choke damp - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers; a mixture of several gases left after oxygen is removed from the air, typically nitrogen, ...
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Chokedamp - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life.
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An instance of Choke-damp free from Carbon Dioxide
The extinctive atmosphere is popularly known as " choke-damp" or " black-damp." The source of the CO2 is not necessarily the same in all ...
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Udston mining disaster
Five of the men in the main coal shaft died of choke-damp arising from the Splint Coal.
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styth
▪ I. stythe, styth dial. (staɪð, staɪθ) Also 8 stith, 9 stithe. [Of obscure origin; perh. altered from *stive cogn. w. stive v.3] 1. Foul air in a mine; = choke-damp.1708 J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 23 He may loose his Life by Styth, which is a sort of bad foul Air. 1765 Phil. Trans. LV. 240 The cho...
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Factitious airs
sylvestris
aerial acid
acid of air
luft-saeure
carbonic anhydride
Gas acide carbonique
Gas carbonicum
chalky acid
acid of chalk
kriedesaeure
kohlensaeures gas
choke-damp
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suffocating
ˈsuffocating, ppl. a. [-ing2.] 1. That causes suffocation; stifling.1604 Shakes. Oth. iii. iii. 389 If there be Cords, or Kniues, Poyson, or Fire, or suffocating streames, Ile not indure it. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 416 The hot winds blowing..with such a suffocating heat. 1764 Harmer Observ. i. §16. 39...
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