Pintschn.

Brit.

/pɪntʃ/, U.S.

/pɪntʃ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pintsch.

Etymology: < the name of Julius Pintsch AG , a German firm founded by Carl Friedrich Julius Pintsch (1815–84) and continued by his sons Oskar Ernst Julius Pintsch (1844–1912) and Richard Pintsch (1840–1919), which developed this process and produced these devices.

Now historical.

Used attributively and in the genitive with reference to an oil-gas obtained from shale oil or similar fractions of petroleum which was formerly widely used for lighting railway carriages, lighthouses, buoys, etc.

ΚΠ

1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 17 Oct. 511/1 The Pintsch gas-lamps, which have recently stood a satisfactory trial upon one of the English railways.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 626/1 (heading) Pintsch's gas illuminated buoy for producing a fixed light.

1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men xii. 349 He had made most handsome passenger-cars with full equipment of brakes, vestibules, Pintsch gas, and so on.

1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) x. 259 The ‘Pintsch’ process..produces a gas of high calorific value which, compressed in storage bottles, has been largely used for railway lighting and heating.

1999 Railway Age (Nexis) 1 Dec. 64 By 1900 a long period of experimentation with electric lighting systems had produced a practical system.., and oil lamps and Pintsch gas lighting soon became a relic of the past.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pintsch
释义	Pintschn. Brit. /pɪntʃ/, U.S. /pɪntʃ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pintsch. Etymology: < the name of Julius Pintsch AG , a German firm founded by Carl Friedrich Julius Pintsch (1815–84) and continued by his sons Oskar Ernst Julius Pintsch (1844–1912) and Richard Pintsch (1840–1919), which developed this process and produced these devices. Now historical. Used attributively and in the genitive with reference to an oil-gas obtained from shale oil or similar fractions of petroleum which was formerly widely used for lighting railway carriages, lighthouses, buoys, etc. ΚΠ 1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 17 Oct. 511/1 The Pintsch gas-lamps, which have recently stood a satisfactory trial upon one of the English railways. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 626/1 (heading) Pintsch's gas illuminated buoy for producing a fixed light. 1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men xii. 349 He had made most handsome passenger-cars with full equipment of brakes, vestibules, Pintsch gas, and so on. 1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) x. 259 The ‘Pintsch’ process..produces a gas of high calorific value which, compressed in storage bottles, has been largely used for railway lighting and heating. 1999 Railway Age (Nexis) 1 Dec. 64 By 1900 a long period of experimentation with electric lighting systems had produced a practical system.., and oil lamps and Pintsch gas lighting soon became a relic of the past. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874
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