| 单词 | albo-carbon light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalbo-carbon light Naphthalene as used in gas lamps, in which its vapour was mixed with the gas in order to produce a brighter flame. Chiefly attributive in albo-carbon lamp, albo-carbon light. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > gaseous, vaporous, or vaporized oxyhydrogen1823 acetylene1860 isobutane1876 albo-carbon1878 mixture1878 producer gas1883 astatki1885 hydrazine1887 oxy-gas1900 oxyacetylene1907 suction gas1907 propane gas1930 oxy-propane1963 oxy-fuel1967 syngas1975 autogas1982 1878 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 3 Aug. 2/4 New Companies..registered during the week... Albo Carbon Light; capital £24,000.] 1878 Dundee Courier & Argus 14 Dec. 2/5 Last night..a large company of gentlemen assembled in one of the Committee rooms in the Townhouse for the purpose of witnessing an exhibition of the albo-carbon light. 1882 G. Lunge Distill. Coal-tar viii. 244 1000 cubic feet of gas, along with 4·63 lb. of naphthalene consumed in the ‘albo carbon’ lamp, yielded as much light as 2700 cubic feet of gas burnt in fairly good flat-flame burners. 1888 Daily News 2 June 7/1 I knew that the barrel contained albo-carbon, which we used in connection with the gas. 1902 H. F. Hills Gas & Gas Fittings xi. 98 The albo-carbon light is more economical than that obtained from flat coal-gas flames, but the trouble of periodically refilling the reservoir often prohibits its adoption. 1996 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1995 25/1 Rooms were lit by albo-carbon lamps. < as lemmas |
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