Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Illumination by means of gas.
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Examples
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Market-friendly economists have long pointed to the introduction of kerosene, gas-lighting and then electric bulbs as putting an end to whale oil for lighting.
It's Better for Whose Environment? Eric Felten 2010
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The brilliance of the light produced by his 12 lamps caused a sensation and foretold the decline of the gas-lighting era.
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In 1880 Brush bought the Cleveland Telegraph Supply Co., where he had done the developmental work, and renamed it the Brush Electric Co. The battle between electric and gas lighting lasted some 30 years, and although advances were made in gas-lighting technology, electricity won out.
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From 1812 C.E., when public gas-lighting was first organized, to the outbreak of the Great
The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006
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At their combined insistence, I ushered them into my laboratory, painfully aware of how rudimentary and small it is, but Dr. Mereck professed admiration for the modern equipment, especially the new binocular microscope and the reflective gas-lighting system.
May 26, 1871 Holly 2006
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At their combined insistence, I ushered them into my laboratory, painfully aware of how rudimentary and small it is, but Dr. Mereck professed admiration for the modern equipment, especially the new binocular microscope and the reflective gas-lighting system.
Archive 2006-01-01 Holly 2006
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This system will also be used to provide gas-lighting (replacing the present system of oil-lights), to preserve vaccines, refrigerate food (through absorption refrigerators) and feed combustion engines for water pumping or for other uses.
Chapter 6 1984
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"Better tell Design that - they've set their hearts on gas-lighting."
The Fountains of Paradise Clarke, Arthur C. 1979
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It is asserted that the Chinese used this natural gas for illuminating purposes long before gas-lighting was known to the Europeans.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various
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These excited speculators do not appear to be aware of the fact that electric-lighting is older than gas-lighting; that Sir Humphry Davy exhibited the electric light in Albemarle Street, while London was still dimly lighted by oil-lamps, and long before gas-lighting was attempted anywhere.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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