acetylene lamp

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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

“Here, take a lantern,” said Professor Jeffer, and brought forth an acetylene lamp, similar to those used on bicycles.

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward

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

A donkey, ambling gently along the road, suddenly made for the opposite side, dragging his fruit-laden cart after him, and smashed our big acetylene lamp into a brass pancake before Mr. Barrymore could stop.

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic

The acetylene lamp for camp illumination is an advance over the kerosene lantern.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore