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• Clanny, William Reid — ▪ British physician born 1776, Bangor, County Down, Ire. died Jan. 10, 1850, near Sunderland, Durham, Eng.       physician who invented one of the first safety lamps (safety lamp) (1813) for use in coal mines; some of its features were… …   Universalium

• William Reid Clanny — (1770 – 10 January 1850) was an Irish inventor. He was born in Bangor, County Down, Ireland. He moved to Sunderland, England and practised as a physician for 45 years. In 1813, he invented the Clanny safety lamp for miners. By 1816, when Clanny… …   Wikipedia

• University of Sunderland — Infobox University name = University of Sunderland motto = Scientiam Dulce Hauriens mottoeng = Sweetly absorbing knowledge established = 1992 (1901 as Sunderland Technical College ; 1969 as Sunderland Polytechnic ) staff = chancellor = Steve Cram …   Wikipedia

• 1770 in Ireland — Births*30 November Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (d.1832).Full date unknown*William Reid Clanny, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners (d.1850). *James Orr, rhyming weaver poet… …   Wikipedia

• 1850 in Ireland — Events*Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is completed.Arts and literatureportBirths*25 April William Melville, police officer and first chief of the British Secret Service (d.1918). *9 June Pierce Charles de Lacy O Mahony, Nationalist politician …   Wikipedia

• 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, there is no clear line between… …   Wikipedia

• Grubenlampe — Eine Grubenlampe ist eine Leuchte, die bei der Arbeit unter Tage eingesetzt wird. Als Geleucht bezeichnet der Bergmann die Gesamtheit der von ihm in der Grube angewandten Leuchtmittel. Gleichartige Lampen sind auch in anderen Stollenbauwerken… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Grubenlicht — Die Artikel Geleucht und Grubenlampe überschneiden sich thematisch. Hilf mit, die Artikel besser voneinander abzugrenzen oder zu vereinigen. Beteilige dich dazu an der Diskussion über diese Überschneidungen. Bitte entferne diesen Baustein erst… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Sicherheitsgrubenlampe — Die Artikel Geleucht und Grubenlampe überschneiden sich thematisch. Hilf mit, die Artikel besser voneinander abzugrenzen oder zu vereinigen. Beteilige dich dazu an der Diskussion über diese Überschneidungen. Bitte entferne diesen Baustein erst… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• safety lamp — a miner s lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases. [1810 20] * * * ▪ coal mining       lighting device used in places, such as mines, in which there is danger from the explosion of… …   Universalium