Safety lamp

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Safety lamp

A safety lamp is a miner's lamp.

Coal mines are dangerous because of flammable gasses like methane.

A lamp with a naked/exposed flame might ignite these flammable gasses, causing an explosion with might kill people.

The safety lamp prevents the hot flame of the lamp touching the flammable gasses, reducing the chance of an explosion.

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