 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1816 - 478 pages
...collier. All that he requires to ensure security, are small wire cages* to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of which...and to destroy it at the same time that it gives him an useful light. ^ • Fig. II. PI. I. represents this contrivance. III. On the developement of exponential... | |
 | 1816 - 442 pages
...ensure security are small wire cages (Fig. 2 represents this contrivance) to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of which...and to destroy it at the same time that it gives him an useful light. Farther 'Farther Experiments on the Combustion of explosive Mrtares confined by Wire... | |
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...small wire cages to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of wh^h various modifications may be adopted ; and the application...and to destroy it at the same time that it gives him an useful light.' Having established the general principle, of the power of wire-gauze in insulating... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1825 - 174 pages
...collier. " All that he requires to ensure security, are small wire cages to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of which...it to use, and to destroy it at the same time that gives him a useful light." 3. On the Combustion of explosive Mixtures confined by Wire Gauze.* " I... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1851 - 628 pages
...one of the greatest advantages which attended the invention. As the author remarks in the paper just quoted, " All that the miner requires to ensure security,...dangerous mines near Newcastle with perfect success. The following papers were then read:— 1. " On the Structure of the Dental Tissues of Rodentia." By... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 562 pages
...proper, the principal advantage of which was stated to be that it would not only preserve the collier from the firedamp, but enable him to apply it to use, and destroy it at the same time that it gave him a useful light (Phil. Trans. 1816, pp. 23 and 24). Fortunately... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 562 pages
...proper, the principal advantage of which was stated to be that it would not only preserve the colHer from the firedamp, but enable him to apply it to use, and destroy it at the same time that it gave him a useful light (Phil. Trans. 1816, pp. 23 and 24). Fortunately... | |
 | 1888 - 622 pages
...invention. As the author remarks in the paper just quoted : — ' all that the miner requires to insure security, are small wire cages to surround his candle...the same time that it gives him a useful light.' " A short notice is given on the 1st of June of Jane Porter. Miss Jane Porter, who had died at Bristol... | |
 | 1927 - 444 pages
...collier. 'All that he requires to ensure security, are small wire cages to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of which...but enable him to apply it to use, and to destroy if at the same time that [it] gives him a useful light. Sir Humphry Davy was born in Cornwall, December... | |
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... flame, but my object at present is only to point out their application to the use of the collier. " All that he requires to ensure security, are small wire cages to surround his candle or his lamp, which may be made for a few pence, and of which various... 