-
produced following explosions of
firedamp or coal dust.
Often hyphenated as
fire-
damp, this term for a
flammable type of
underground mine gas in
first part...
- for
other underground mine
gases such as
fire damp,
white damp,
stink damp, and afterdamp. The
meaning of "
damp" in this term,
while nowadays understood...
-
Rising Damp is a
British sitcom,
written by Eric
Chappell and
produced by
Yorkshire Television for ITV,
which was
originally broadcast from 2 September...
-
Rising Damp is a
British sitcom written by Eric Chappell. It
stars Leonard Rossiter as
landlord Rupert Rigsby,
Richard Beckinsale as Alan Moore, Frances...
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After damp:
similar to
black damp,
after damp consists of
carbon monoxide,
carbon dioxide and
nitrogen and
forms after a mine explosion.
Fire damp: consists...
- air; the
lamps were
constructed to burn in the most
inflammable kind of
fire-
damp without igniting the gas. They were the
forerunners of Davy's
later invention...
-
mining terminology "Definition of
WHITE DAMP". www.merriam-webster.com. Harper, D. (n.d.).
Etymology of
fire-
damp.
Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved...
-
Research Society.
Retrieved 2024-11-12. Harper, D. (n.d.).
Etymology of
fire-
damp.
Online Etymology Dictionary.
Retrieved January 6, 2022, from this link...
- a
fire-
damp and coal-dust
explosion which had
killed 81
people in 1887. Over four
pages the
commission summarised around 20
incidents of
fire-
damp which...
- ignite, thus a "
damp squib" was
literally one that
failed to
perform because it got wet.
Often misheard as "
damp squid", the
phrase "
damp squib" has since...
