miner's safety lamp
51Irish inventions and discoveries — are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to an Irish person. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called inventions , and in many cases, there is no clear line between… …
52List of Irish inventions and discoveries — Irish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to an Irish person. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called inventions , and in many cases …
53geor|die — geor|die1 «JR dee», noun. Scottish and Northern English. a guinea (coin) bearing the figure of Saint George. ╂[diminutive < Saint George] geor|die2 «JR dee», noun. Scottish and Northern English. 1. a type of safety lamp used by coal miners. 2 …
54Tyneside — is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields mdash; all… …
55Calcium carbide — Chembox new Name = Calcium carbide ImageFile = Carbid.jpg ImageSize = 200px ImageName = Calcium Carbide IUPACName = Calcium Carbide OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 75 20 7 Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = CaC2 MolarMass …
561932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster — The Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 …
57History of coal mining — Due to its abundance, coal has been mined in various parts of the world throughout history and continues to be an important economic activity today. Compared to wood fuels, coal yields a higher amount of energy per mass and could be obtained in… …
58Molly Maguires — For the movie, see The Molly Maguires (film). Location of the counties in northeastern Pennsylvania where the Molly Maguires were active The Molly Maguires were members of an Irish American secret society, whose members consisted mainly of coal… …
59Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
60Curb feeler — mounted behind the front wheel of a 1950s Rambler American …
