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

A large diamond mounted in a cruelly stretched lion's mouth glinted on Mr. Barker's left hand; a sister stone glowed like an acetylene lamp from his scarf.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

As it was now getting dark, he detached the powerful acetylene lamp from his machine, and, having lighted it, proceeded to open the mysterious case.

From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)

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 Seely, Herman Gastrell