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Welsbach — Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Welsbach — Welsbach, Aloys Auer, Ritter von, s. Auer … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Welsbach burner — Welsbach Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Welsbach burner — [welz′bak΄; ] Ger [ vels′bäkh΄] n. [< Welsbach, a trademark for such a device, after C. A. von Welsbach (1858 1929), Austrian chemist, its inventor] a gas burner with a gauze mantle impregnated with thorium oxide and cerium oxide: when lighted … English World dictionary
Welsbach mantle — Welsbach mantle, the gas mantle of a Welsbach burner, consisting of thorium oxide with a trace of cerium oxide around the flame … Useful english dictionary
Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von — ▪ Austrian chemist and engineer (baron of) born Sept. 1, 1858, Vienna died Aug. 4, 1929, Treibach, Austria Austrian chemist and engineer who invented the gas mantle, thus allowing the greatly increased output of light by gas lamps. In … Universalium
Welsbach burner — /wɛlzbæk ˈbɜnə/ (say welzbak bernuh) noun a gas burner, consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner, about the flame of which is placed an incombustible mantle (Welsbach mantle) composed of thoria and some ceria, which becomes brilliantly… …
Welsbach burner — /welz bak, bahk/; Ger. /vels bahkh/, Trademark. 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… … Universalium
Welsbach burner — /welz bak, bahk/; Ger. /vels bahkh/, Trademark. 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… … Useful english dictionary
Welsbach — ˈwelzˌbak, bäk trademark used for a burner for producing gaslight by the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor to heat to incandescence a gas mantle or for the mantle used with such a burner … Useful english dictionary
