firedamp in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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He reasoned that a lamp in a chimney could create a sufficient updraft that firedamp would not penetrate down the chimney.
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The second was firedamp, which was encountered in great quantities in sinking the pit.
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Formed by complete combustion of firedamp or occurring naturally.
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Previous experimenters had used coal gas (chiefly carbon monoxide) incorrectly, believing it to be the same as firedamp.
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The main problem was firedamp explosions, often followed by ignition of airborne coal dust.
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Firedamp is all the more hazardous because of the after effects of the explosion.
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Firedamp explosions continued, often setting off coal dust explosions, so casualties grew during the entire 19th century.
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Firedamp was ignited by an open acetylene cap lamp and the initial explosion started fires which spread rapidly.
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Firedamp explosions can trigger the much more dangerous coal dust explosions, which can engulf an entire pit.
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It is thought that the explosion was caused by firedamp igniting on contact with a candle.
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