Pintsch gas

[ pinch ]

noun

1. gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pintsch gas¹

Named after Richard Pintsch (1840–1919), German inventor

Example Sentences

The Century's two new cars marked Pullman Co.'s boldest innovation in design since the Pintsch gas era.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same gas, known as Pintsch gas, has been used in a less pure form to light railroad cars and farmers' stoves in this country for a decade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pintsch gas, used to some extent in railroad passenger-cars in this country, is an oil-gas produced by the destructive distillation of petroleum or other mineral oil in retorts heated externally.

From Project Gutenberg

He had made most handsome passenger-cars with full equipment of brakes, vestibules, Pintsch gas, and so on, and had painted on their sides "The Great Pullman Line."

From Project Gutenberg

Inside, the car was brilliantly lighted with Pintsch gas; and the eyes of every man were on the face of the watch which each held in his hand, and his finger was ready to press the stop which splits the second-hand.

From Project Gutenberg