acetylene lamp

Example Sentences

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Eventually, Congress came to realize that something must be done, and a temporary first lighthouse was built in 1912, an unmanned acetylene lamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

He was alone; an acetylene lamp was shining in his face.

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe

Cora reached into a chest, and clutching an acetylene lamp that was already lighted, turned its blinding glare right into Higby’s eyes.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Penrose, Margaret

They calmed him, however, and then began bargaining with the Tartars, who slung the old-fashioned articles carelessly over their arms— laces worked by serfs, antique, hand made candle-sticks, a field- glass and an acetylene lamp.

From Tales of the Wilderness by Pilniak, Boris

Not satisfied with this development I lighted the building brilliantly by means of electric lamps and a large flame acetylene lamp.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles