oxyacetylene torch

Scientific  

/ ŏk′sē-ə-sĕt′l-ĭn,-ēn′ /

1. A gas torch that burns a mixture of acetylene and oxygen to produce a high-temperature flame (3,000°C or 5,400°F) that can weld or cut metal.

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Example Sentences

Use brute force — cutting through the container with an oxyacetylene torch, say — as a last resort.

From New York Times

There she discovered that turning off the oxygen on her oxyacetylene torch would produce a spray of carbon powder from the acetylene flame.

From New York Times

An oxyacetylene torch had taken an hour to cut the window out; the lab crew, aboard the ship, were still trying to find out just what the stuff was.

From Project Gutenberg