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carbide lamp

[′kär‚bīd ‚lamp]
(mining engineering)
A lamp that is charged with calcium carbide and water to form acetylene, which it burns.
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Mine men speculating upon the cause of his disappearance said that he had probably become lost because of the failure of his lamp, since he was equipped only with a carbide lamp when he entered the mine.
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a heavy fall of roof which occurred in the Lingdale Mine South West Dips district on August 24 released a quantity of gas which ignited when it came into contact with the flames of carbide lamps being used by miners".
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