Welsbachn.
/ˈvɛlzbax/ Used attributively to designate the gas mantle (mantle n. 16b), invented by von Welsbach, and the lamps employing it. A proprietary name in the U.S.
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Welsbach1887
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Mar. 12/1 The Welsbach burner would produce a purer light..with two cubic feet of gas per hour.
1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Oct. 5/4 The Victoria Gas Co., Ltd., are now installing complete Welsbach Lamps free of cost, charging the nominal sum of 5 cents per lamp per month for mantle renewal.
1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 308 The Welsbach incandescent mantles on the chandelier saved thirty per cent in gas-bills while increasing the light by fifty per cent.
1964 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 July tm119/2 The Welsbach Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa... Welsbach. For gas lamps..and gas mantles.
1980 Sci. Amer. May 123/2 The Welsbach mantle, a type of gas burner widely used for home lighting around the turn of the century, proved to be a rich source of N rays.
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