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

Garbed thus, and with an acetylene lamp in his hand, he was the natural prey of photographers, who refused to spare him until he escaped into the cage and baffled them by going underground.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)

They looked eagerly through the twilight for a light, expecting that George would have the great acetylene lamp in working order.

From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.

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

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