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

Then, as I watched, I saw him take from his pocket and light a small acetylene lamp, apparently a bicycle-lamp, with a green glass.

From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William

And now he proceeded to examine it thoroughly, lighting a powerful acetylene lamp for the purpose.

From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Not satisfied with this development I lighted the building brilliantly by means of electric lamps and a large flame acetylene lamp.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles