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DAMP

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 790 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DAH-DEM
DAMP , a common Teutonic word, meaning vapour or mist (cf. Ger. Dampf, steam), and hence moisture. In its primitive sense the word persists in the vocabulary of coal-miners. Their " firedamp " (formerly fulminating damp) is marsh gas, which, when mixed with air and exploded, produced " choke damp," "after damp," or " suffocating damp " (carbon dioxide). " Black damp " consists of accumulations of irrespirable gases, mostly nitrogen, which cause the lights to burn dimly, and the
term
  " white damp " is sometimes applied to carbon monoxide. As a verb, the word means to stifle or check ; hence damped vibrations or oscillations are those which have been reduced or stopped, instead of being allowed to die out naturally; the " dampers " of the piano are small pieces of felt-covered
wood
  which fall upon the strings and stop their vibrations as the keys are allowed to rise; and the " damper " of a chimney or flue, by restricting the
draught
 , lessens the rate of combustion.


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