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Firedamp   /fˈaɪərdˌæmp/   Listen
Firedamp

noun
1.
A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.





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"Firedamp" Quotes from Famous Books



... philosopher's stone. The miners had no faith in alchymy; and they converted him to their way of thinking, not only in that but in other respects. From their legends, he became firmly convinced that the bowels of the earth were inhabited by good and evil spirits, and that firedamp and other explosions sprang from no other causes than the mischievous propensities of the latter. He died in the year 1555, leaving behind him the reputation of a very able ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Vol. I • Charles Mackay


Words linked to "Firedamp" :   gas


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