The amount of water flowing into the calcium carbide container can be controlled, with more water producing more gas and a bigger flame when the lamp is lit. The lamp would then be worn on a miner’s ...

Though rare on Earth, silicon carbide (SiC) —a compound of silicon and carbon—is common in meteors and stardust. Credit: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

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This Baldwin carbide mining lamp was made by the John Simmons Company around 1915. Acetylene gas is produced when water from the lamp's upper level encounters the calcium carbide stored in the base ...

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