fire-damp

fire-damp

Methane, CH4, found in coal mines.
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It was labour, whose practical difference from the other forms of labour consisted in the nature of its risk, which did not lie in ankylosis, or lead poisoning, or fire-damp, or gritty dust, but in what may be briefly defined in its own special phraseology as "Seven years hard.
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If they were not killed in the first blast, they could have died in the deadly fire-damp gas or the fires that raged after.
80 years on, we remember the pit blast victims; GRESFORD COLLIERY DISASTER ANNIVERSARY
The new unit is certified for use in hazardous fire-damp areas.
Explosion-Proof Connectors Suit Firedamp Environments

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