Sentence examples for petrol lamp from inspiring English sources
Other pieces came from local furniture workshops and flea markets, such as a petrol lamp, an antique scale (which made her think of her former profession) and a hat box made of painted wood (it reminded her of the bowler hat from Milan Kundera's "Unbearable Lightness of Being").
"My first intention was to reinterpret old petrol lamps, with a simple base and blown glass on top," Ms. Vautrin said.
It is not likely that natural light has changed much in Greenland in the 20th century, but in-door light has definitely changed a lot with the replacement of traditional oil lamps by petrol lamps and electrical light after World War II.
Such things to be careful with include petrol, paraffin, lamps, matches, candles, lighters, hot irons and electric cords.
Gas lamps gave way to incandescent lamps.
Glass produced by these factories were typically functional items including drinking and eating vessels, as well as olive oil and later petrol-based lamps, although the factories also produced jewellery and accessories.
The BBC's Daniel Sandford, at the scene, says some protesters hurled cobblestones and petrol bombs at police, while supporters banged on lamp posts and oil drums.
See incandescent lamp; lamp.
