"Acetylene" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at B——'s compartment. His servant, a sapper, was stowing the kit in the racks and under the seat, with the help of a portable acetylene lamp which burnt with a hard white light in the darkness, a darkness which you could almost feel with ...
— Leaves from a Field Note-Book • J. H. Morgan
... the groan of a clutch violently thrown. A woman's shriek flying thin and high like a javelin of horror. A crowd sprung full grown out of the bog of the morning. White, peering faces showing up in the brilliant paths of the acetylene lamps. A uniform pushing through. A crowbar and the hard breathing of men straining to lift. A sob in the dark. Stand back! ...
— Gaslight Sonatas • Fannie Hurst
... Acetylene lamps can be used at night in place of the wig wag. In this case a short flash represents a dot, a ...
— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker |
