Thank you Tony for your interesting piece. I wonder if, rather than a collection of CO2, what you report was a lack of oxygen caused by oxidisation of rings, rails etc, (maybe even the rock) in a sealed system? It would have the same effect on a flame lamp and the unwary! Regards, Mike Please note my new email address is:- [log in to unmask]
On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 8:29, Peter Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thank you Tony, I found that a fascinating first-hand insight into the menace of carbon dioxide: invisible, odourless and heavier than air. In more recent decades a very common carbon dioxide hazard occurs amongst small miners and well sinkers when an internal combustion engine-driven generator is positioned beside the shaft, or a vehicle is left idling nearby.
Peter Bell
On 24 Feb 2015, at 6:30 pm, Tony <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This mention of Davy's lamp stirred a memory in me, which I thought it would
> be worth me placing on record (being of an age at which one's early
> experiences are now history!)
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