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
He examined it intently under the bright light of the little acetylene lamp inside the brougham.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
How Radcliffe wished he had his acetylene lamp!
From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee
The dark one darted across the road and barred the other’s passage, while a warning acetylene lamp was waved in the air.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The acetylene lamp, held forward, discovered a very angry young man, blue-eyed, yellow-moustached, and florid, sitting alone at the wheel of an antiquated twelve-horse Wolseley.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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