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1859 William Clark patented the first electrical mining lamp. [3] 1870s J.B.Marsaut (France) double gauze design [4] 1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act required locked lamps under certain conditions [5] 1881 Joseph Swan exhibited his first electric lamp 1882 Made by William Reid Clanny invented a 'bonnetted' Clanny lamp, [6]
Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable acetylene gas lamps, worn on the hat or carried by hand, were widely used in mining in the early twentieth century. They are still employed by cavers, hunters, and cataphiles.
Headlamp attached to a helmet. A headlamp, headlight, or head torch is a light source affixed to the head typically for outdoor activities at night or in dark conditions such as caving, orienteering, hiking, skiing, backpacking, camping, mountaineering or mountain biking. Headlamps may also be used in adventure races.
Modern flame safety lamp used in mines, manufactured by Koehler. A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp that provides illumination in places such as coal mines where the air may carry coal dust or a build-up of flammable gases, which may explode if ignited, possibly by an electric spark.
The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. [1] It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines , to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp .
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Noranda had bought 19.9% of rival mining company Falconbridge in 1988, which was raised to a 58.4% stake in 2002. In 2004 China Minmetals was interested in buying Noranda, and completed negotiations with the Noranda board in October 2004 with a sale price of $6.7 billion, which caused the Canadian federal government to review its foreign investment policy.
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