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fire-damp
ˈfire-damp [See damp n.] A miner's term for carburetted hydrogen or marsh-gas, which is given off by coal and is explosive when mixed in certain proportions with atmospheric air.1677 Phil. Trans. XII. 895 The Fire-damp did by little and little begin..to appear in crevisses and slits of the Cole. 171... Oxford English Dictionary
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Firedamp
Etymology Often hyphenated as fire-damp, this term for a flammable type of underground mine gas in first part derives via the Old English fyr, and from wikipedia.org
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carburetted
carburetted, -eted, ppl. a. Chem. (ˈkɑːbjʊəˌrɛtɪd) [f. prec. + -ed.] Combined with carbon, as in carburetted air, air which has been impregnated with fine particles of hydrocarbon, and which provides the power by which petrol engines are driven; carburetted hydrogen, the ‘fire-damp’ of miners, and c... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kinetite
A report of the French commission on the use of explosives in the presence of fire-damp in mines concluded that "The presence of chlorate of potash makes wikipedia.org
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damp
damp/dæmp; dæmp/ adj(-er, -est)1 not completely dry; slightly wet 不完全乾燥的; 潮湿的: damp clothes 潮湿的衣服 a damp surface 潮湿的表面 Don't sleep between damp sheets. 睡觉时不要用潮湿的被褥.2 (idm 习语) a damp `squib (infml 口) event, etc that is much less impressive than expected 未达预期效果的事等 The party was a bit of a damp squib. ... 牛津英汉双解词典
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John Buddle
the introduction of the miners safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy being involved in the earliest discussions with Davy in August 1815 and providing "fire-damp I said to those around me: 'We have at last subdued this monster [fire-damp].'" wikipedia.org
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marsh gas
marsh gas Light carburetted hydrogen, CH4, found in coal-mines and about stagnant pools. (Cf. fire-damp.)1848 Fownes Elem. Chem. 189 Marsh-gas. 1881 19th Cent. No. 48. 245 Light carburetted hydrogen, or marsh gas,..is the cause of explosions in collieries. Oxford English Dictionary
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Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)
I said to those around me: "We have at last subdued this monster [fire-damp]." wikipedia.org
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goaf
▪ I. goaf1 E. Angl. dial. (gəʊf) Forms: 5 golf(e, 6 goulfe, goef, 6, 8 goff, 6, 9 gofe, 7–9 goffe (7–8 geoff(e), 8 gulph, 9 goof, goaf. Also pl. 9 goaves. [a. ON. gólf floor, apartment; Sw. golf, Da. gulv floor, bay (of a house or barn). Cf. goave v. Where houses or barns were constructed with a woo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Abercanaid
On both accounts the presence of poor ventilation, fire-damp and the irresponsible use of naked flames for lighting are found as the root causes of the wikipedia.org
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methane
methane Chem. (ˈmɛθeɪn, ˈmiːθeɪn) Also -an. [f. methyl) + -ane.] Light carburetted hydrogen, methyl hydride or marsh-gas (CH4), a colourless odourless gas emanating from stagnant pools, volcanoes, petroleum wells, and esp. from coal-seams, in which, mixed with seven or eight parts of air, it forms a... Oxford English Dictionary
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Peckfield Colliery disaster
A small quantity of fire-damp escaping from the crack in the roof was ignited by a miner's candle at 7:15am, just as the men were starting work. The cause of the explosion was fire-damp coming into contact with a naked light and exploding, thus igniting coal dust, with the coal dust carrying the wikipedia.org
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damp
▪ I. damp, n.1 (dæmp) In 5 domp. [Corresponds with MLG. and mod.Du. and Da. damp vapour, steam, smoke, mod.Icel. dampr steam, MHG. dampf, tampf, mod.Ger. dampf vapour, steam; cf. also Sw. damb dust. The word is not known in the earlier stages of the languages, and its history in Eng. before its appe... Oxford English Dictionary
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Factitious airs
dates as early as 1806 hepatic air methane marsh gas/air carburetted hydrogen light carburetted hydrogen heavy inflammable air dicarburet of hydrogen fire-damp wikipedia.org
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mining
▪ I. mining, vbl. n. (ˈmaɪnɪŋ) [f. mine v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of the verb mine in various senses.1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccli. 372 They coude nat geat it by no assaute, nor none other wayes at their ease, without it were by mynynge. 1579–80 North Plutarch, Camillus (1595) 145 Now when hi... Oxford English Dictionary
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