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
The big acetylene lamp which, had come in with the boys' baggage had not been set up, so the cabin was now lighted only by flashlights.
From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by V. T. Sherman
The acetylene lamp for camp illumination is an advance over the kerosene lantern.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
And almost instantly the form of Harry, his acetylene lamp lighting up his bulbous, surprised countenance with its spraylike mustache, appeared at the mouth of the tunnel.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
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
