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

In this retreat, anti-tetanus injections are going on by the light of an acetylene lamp.

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater

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

Thereupon the bicyclist, with new strength returning and devoutly blessing his acetylene lamp, pedaled his way back to civilization.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

He was alone; an acetylene lamp was shining in his face.

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe