gas mantle

noun

1. mantle ( def 6 ).

gas mantle

noun

1. a mantle for use in a gaslight See mantle

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas mantle¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Place a flattened gas mantle upon a photographic plate and leave in a light tight-box for several days.

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Failing either of these conveniences, acetylene or petrol gas, the latter with the incandescent gas mantle, can take their place.

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The application of the incandescent gas mantle is limited by the intensity of the heat emitted and the large area of the source.

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It was a gasoline lamp that burned with a gas mantle, swinging from the ceiling, flooding the little shop with a greenish light.

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The Spielman paper mill stood where the gas-mantle factory of Curtis and Harvey is now found.

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