gas mantle

noun

mantle (def. 5).

Origin of gas mantle

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby gas mantle

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How to use gas mantle in a sentence

Place a flattened gas mantle upon a photographic plate and leave in a light tight-box for several days.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
Failing either of these conveniences, acetylene or petrol gas, the latter with the incandescent gas mantle, can take their place.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
The application of the incandescent gas mantle is limited by the intensity of the heat emitted and the large area of the source.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 | Various
It was a gasoline lamp that burned with a gas mantle, swinging from the ceiling, flooding the little shop with a greenish light.
The Duke Of Chimney Butte | G. W. Ogden
The Spielman paper mill stood where the gas-mantle factory of Curtis and Harvey is now found.
The Dover Road | Charles G. Harper

British Dictionary definitions for gas mantle

gas mantle

noun

a mantle for use in a gaslight: See mantle (def. 4)

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