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
How Radcliffe wished he had his acetylene lamp!
From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen
He examined it intently under the bright light of the little acetylene lamp inside the brougham.
From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John
In this retreat, anti-tetanus injections are going on by the light of an acetylene lamp.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
We also carried a light—the acetylene lamp off Ninu’s bicycle, and it functioned as inefficiently as the bull’s-eye lantern which Mr. Pickwick took with him on his nocturnal expedition at Clifton.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing
