gas mantle

But I remember quite well when the first incandescent gas mantles came in.

He lit one of the gas mantles above the fireplace.

The metal had virtually no uses until the invention of the gas mantle in 1885.

He went in, struck a match and applied the flame to the gas mantle.

Production of gas mantles has led to some safety concerns during manufacture.

The flame ran on kerosene at first, and was updated with a gas mantle light in 1908.

It used a kerosene lamp with a gas mantle.

You have a point with the gas mantle, although arguably whale oil was the thing that made artificial light available to the masses.

The close mouth itself was shadowy, lit by the gas mantle further back along the close.

Moore made a gas mantle for us, and with three of these over hydrogen flames, we get some little illumination.

Yeah the the flaming brand, the candle and the gas mantle were useless for seeing in the dark.

The flashes sparked for a few seconds more, deep inside William's gray-green gas mantle.

He lit the gas mantle and light beamed.

He woke weeping desperately and fumbling blindly for the ring of the gas mantle.

She was already moving away from the little cot and had her hand on the gas mantle and was turning it down.

It got gas mantle light in 1935, and finally was electrified and automated in 1961.

Joe had lit a gas mantle.

He could easily make out the yellow sky-glow of the municipal system of gas mantle street lighting.

Another lamplighter duty was to carry a ladder and renew the candles, oil, or gas mantles.

On each side are disused gas mantles.

About half of the produced thorium is used as the light-emitting material of gas mantles.

These gas mantles brought new life to gas lighting just when it was threatened by Swan's electric light bulbs.

The gas mantles on the walls were immaculate, the curtains unfaded in the folds.

Although town gas lighting was available in some cities, kerosene produced a brighter light until the invention of the gas mantle.

It was updated with a kerosene lamp in 1887, and in 1907 a powerful gas mantle light was installed.