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

The rays of the acetylene lamp lit up the way fairly well, and here and there they could see their former trail, although it was growing more indistinct every moment.

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward

How Radcliffe wished he had his acetylene lamp!

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen

And almost instantly the form of Harry, his acetylene lamp lighting up his bulbous, surprised countenance with its spraylike mustache, appeared at the mouth of the tunnel.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley