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单词 Welsbach Mantle
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Welsbach Mantle

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Gas mantle

A Coleman white gas lantern mantle glowing at full brightness
Gas mantle in a street lamp, cold...
... and hot. The lowest visible mantle has partially broken, reducing its light output.

An incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source in gas lights which filled the streets of Europe and North America in the late nineteenth century, mantle referring to the way it is hung above the flame. Today it is still used in portable camping lanterns, pressure lanterns and some oil lamps.

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