carbide lamp
Acetylene flame headlamp
A carbide lamp produces light by burning acetylene gas, generated when water drips onto calcium carbide pellets inside the lamp.
Before electric headlamps, miners and cavers relied on carbide lamps for their bright, steady flame: The carbide lamp on his helmet cast shadows on the cave walls.
Also called an acetylene lamp.
One who excavates ore
- helmetProtective head covering
- headlampForward-facing vehicle light
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
shaft · gallery · ore · coal · prospecting · excavation · pithead · adit
Burning gas made visible
- glowSteady, soft light
- flickerUnsteady, brief light
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
candlepower · beam · radiance · brilliance · incandescence · gleam · spark · mantle
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
historical · relic · restoration · preservation · Victorian · Edwardian · artifact · patina
miner
One who excavates ore
- helmetProtective head covering
- headlampForward-facing vehicle light
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
tunnel · shaft · gallery · ore · coal · prospecting · excavation · pithead · adit · drift
flame
Burning gas made visible
- glowSteady, soft light
- flickerUnsteady, brief light
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
luminosity · candlepower · beam · radiance · brilliance · incandescence · gleam · spark · mantle · reflector
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
heritage · historical · relic · restoration · preservation · Victorian · Edwardian · artifact · patina · heirloom
- cavescave, cavern, caves, caverns, grotto
- lightinglamps, bulbs, light bulb, light bulbs, bulb
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- portable lightsflashlight, torch, lantern, headlamp, penlight
- old lampskerosene lantern, oil lantern, lantern, gas light, gaslight
- mining lamps
lamp, carbon, calcium carbide, carburetor, carbide, acetylene, carbides