Welsbach burner

American  

[welz-bak, -bahk, vels-bahkh] / ˈwɛlz bæk, -bɑk, ˈvɛls bɑx /

Trademark.

1. a brand of gaslight consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner on which an incombustible mantle Welsbach mantle composed of thoria and some ceria becomes brilliantly incandescent when exposed to flame.

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Welsbach burner British  

/ ˈwɛlzbæk, ˈvɛlsbax /

noun

1. a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame

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Etymology

Origin of Welsbach burner

C19: named after Carl Auer, Baron von Welsbach (1858–1929), Austrian chemist, who invented it

Example Sentences

Kennedy had already been intently looking at the Welsbach burner overhead, which had been flickering incessantly.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

This is the case in the familiar Welsbach burner.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

If, for instance, our light is a Welsbach burner, giving an intense and comparatively white light, we will find that a normal negative will print too flat if exposed at one foot.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.

He regarded the Welsbach burner as an improved appliance for consuming gas.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

When Neale turned out his Welsbach burner and rolled into bed, he encountered a strange, new sensation, an immense relief just to lay himself down, and to have darkness about him.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy