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Acetylene
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Acetylene'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/acetylene.html. 1828.