| 单词 | fulminating damp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfulminating damp b. spec. in coal mines: (a) = choke-damp n.; also called black damp, and suffocating damp. (b) = firedamp n., formerly fulminating damp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > explosive gas in mines dampa1592 firedamp1662 fire1672 wildfire1672 fulminating damp1675 dirt1831 sulphur1851 stifle1886 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools dampa1592 stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 marsh gas1848 stanch-air1883 the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines dampa1592 marsh gas1848 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §375 We see Lights will go out in the Damps of Mines. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 44 The Colliers..retired immediately and saved themselves from the eruptions of the Damp. 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 97 A sulphureous damp..which by the flame of a candle..might very probably take fire. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 206 One is called the Suffocating, the other the Fulminating Damp. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 50 The damp or fiery vapour was conveyed through pipes to the open air, and formed a terrible illumination. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 106 Air that has lost its vivifying spirit is called damp..The dreadful effects of damps are known to such as work in mines. 1836 Scenes of Commerce 334 The miners..also meet with foul air, called by them the black damp..which suffocates the instant it is inhaled. fulminating damp fulminating damp n. Mining (now historical) = firedamp n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > explosive gas in mines dampa1592 firedamp1662 fire1672 wildfire1672 fulminating damp1675 dirt1831 sulphur1851 stifle1886 1675 M. Lister Let. 28 July in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1977) XI. 433 Thus far Mr Jessops letter;..you will much oblige him to assist him wth some Quaeries about ye fulminating Damp. 1869 J. Grant Girl he Married II. xiv. 161 Fulminating damp, which..can only be kindled by flame, through gross carelessness or deliberate malice. 2007 P. D. Blanc How Everyday Products make People Sick iv. 118 Fire damp or fulminating damp, which was methane, killed by violent explosion or by postconflagration suffocation. < as lemmas |
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