The carbide lamp is a very simple device. It has two chambers: one holds water and the other holds calcium carbide. As the water comes in contact with the calcium carbide, acetylene gas forms and ...

After around 1915, miners debated which technology they favored to light their work underground, a carbide lamp or a battery light. Both were superior to candles and oil lamps that would blow out when ...

Small correction regarding the chemical reaction: the calcium carbide lamp has one chamber filled with calcium *carbide* (CaC2). Though Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) may slowly dissolve in water, it ...

It didn’t take long for a number of companies such as Universal Lamp Co., Justrite Manufacturing and the Black Diamond Manufacturing Co. to design and produce various kinds of carbide-powered lamps.

Therefore, a lamp should be lit under the ground that does not destroy the air. The solution for this was carbide stone, which was called Karpeit stone in the speech of the local people. The stone was ...

The carbide lamp was much safer and more reliable than candles or oil lamps. Some of the brand names for the lamps were Autolite, Justrite, Premier and Minex.

Typical Light Output vs. Time, of the 6333 QTH lamp and a conventional filament lamp. The filament parameters are selected for a specific operating voltage. Lamp life is the average life of a number ...

This was found in a ditch - but represents a pioneering technology from early 20th century Britain. It probably dates around 1910. These lamps produce and burn acetylene, and were originally used ...