Lizzie said: "Is there really no other way to deal with firedamp?". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
An elaborate experimental station for investigation into firedamp. -- 3 illustrations. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
Mack wrapped the boy in the wet blanket, saying: "There's firedamp, Wullie, we've got to get out!". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
Formerly the concentration of firedamp had been much lower, a slow seep rather than a sudden buildup. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
When exploded by electricity, as in the previous case, no flame was produced, nor was the firedamp ignited. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
"Chokedamp, firedamp, wild fire, sulphur and water, at all times menace instant death to the laborers in these mines.". From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
There being no continuous current of firedamp at disposal, use was made of illuminating gas in preparing the explosive mixtures for the tests. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
That this mixture was firedamp was proved by the introduction of a safety lamp, the flame of which was elongated, showing what miners call the "blue cap.". From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
The new mines regulation act provides that any explosible used in coal mines shall either be fired in a water cartridge or be of such a nature that it cannot inflame firedamp. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
Most likely, firedamp had accumulated in a sealed-off area of exhausted workings, then an old wall had cracked and was rapidly leaking the dreaded gas into the occupied tunnels. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
On May 27, 1812, while Napoleon Bonaparte was in Paris planning his disastrous campaign into Russia, there was a gigantic firedamp explosion at Felling Pitt near Sunderland, England. From Wordnik.com. [Organizing for Global Growth] Reference
Not only was there an unmistakable explosion of the firedamp, with very loud report, and a vivid sheet of flame, but the gas flowing into the far end of the boiler tube was ignited and remained burning until turned off. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
A firedamp explosion in the coal mine killed 21 men in 1962. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
If I did like that, I should have no firedamp in the breast, and not such a task to forgive, that when. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
They met with a little choke-damp sometimes, but never with the explosive firedamp so common in coal-mines. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess and the Goblin] Reference
A continuous struggle against the dangers of landslips, fires, inundations, explosions of firedamp, like claps of thunder. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern] Reference
If I did like that, I should have no firedamp in the breast, and not such a task to forgive, that when I succeed I kill my feelings. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
It was a heavy gas, like firedamp, and it must have asphyxiated the inhabitants before they were touched by the fire, which quickly followed. From Wordnik.com. [The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire] Reference
When the firedamp had accumulated in the air, so as to form a detonating mixture, the explosion occurred without being fatal, and, by often renewing this operation, catastrophes were prevented. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern] Reference
It is believed that Mont Pelee threw off a great gasp of some exceedingly heavy and noxious gas, something akin to firedamp, which settled upon the city and rendered the inhabitants insensible. From Wordnik.com. [The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire] Reference
I immediately recognised in this gallery the presence of a considerable quantity of the dangerous gas called by miners firedamp, the explosion of which has often occasioned such dreadful catastrophes. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
The "firedamp" of coal mines is chiefly methane. From Wordnik.com. [MercoPress] Reference
Making her voice sound normal, she said: "And if he finds firedamp - what then?. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
(attached) to the surface of the coal (this methane was a bane to coal miners - remember firedamp? one and the same). From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
But I knew the plan, and by its means I discovered the presence of firedamp and consequently that of a new seam of coal in the Dochart pit.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground City] Reference
"They must have found more firedamp.". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
It could light the firedamp at any moment. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
We are now trying to establish if the explosion was caused by firedamp or by pulverized coal, "she said. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
We are now trying to establish if the explosion was caused by firedamp or by pulverized coal, "Natalya Ananyeva said. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
But I knew the plan, and by its means I discovered the presence of firedamp and consequently that of a new seam of coal in the Dochart pit. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern] Reference
сигнализатор метана methane alarm, firedamp alarm. From Wordnik.com. [Глоссарий по горношахтному оборудованию (Mining Equipment Glossary)] Reference
What's firedamp? ". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
"There's a little firedamp.". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
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