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 examined it intently under the bright light of the little acetylene lamp inside the brougham.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
Louise studied the confident, freckled face before her, the sparkling bicycle with its glossy saddle and acetylene lamp, the heavily padded baseball glove on the nickeled handle bars, and then their owner again.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
He was alone; an acetylene lamp was shining in his face.
From The Saint by William Roscoe Thayer
In the other room a clean-edged circle of light blazed in the centre from an acetylene lamp, leaving the walls and corners in a shadow deep by contrast to blackness.
From Between the Lines by Boyd Cable
