Greek and Roman miners used oil lamps and candles in the first century ... Willson who discovered a method of producing calcium carbide and acetylene in 1892 during his quest for a more economic ...

Sheffield’s ‘Lady with the Lamp’ has been honoured with a Blue Plaque to commemorate her outstanding contribution to safety in engineering during the 20th century. Did you know with a ...

Chittoor: The government has issued a warning against using calcium carbide to ripen mangoes due to health risks and legal consequences. Joint Collector of Chittoor, G.V. Bradhan, stressed that ...

Some traders use banned chemicals like calcium carbide to meet demand, posing health risks and affecting fruit quality. Consumers can distinguish naturally ripened mangoes by observing color ...

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Methane extinguished the miners' lamps, plunging 148 men and boys into instant darkness, and millions of gallons of water from old workings at the disused Paradise pit came roaring through the ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sanctioned a demerger/merger scheme for the transfer of the whole of the business and undertaking of the “calcium carbide project” of Ghani Chemical Industries ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned fruit dealers and sellers against using calcium carbide on fruit ripening for commercial purposes. The warning was ...

Mining historian David Skoniecki describes the components of a carbide miner’s lamp during the Plymouth Historical Society presentation ‘The Tools that Kept the Miners Working’ at the First ...