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Definition of Gasoliers
1. gasolier [n] - See also: gasolier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasoliers
Literary usage of Gasoliers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1897)
"... and what did we see ? Exactly the same that we see in our own large cities.
We saw gasoliers with electric lights. We saw the electric lights were out, ..."
2. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"... swayed buildings, gasoliers, furniture, unlocked-doors, window-weights and
shutters. There was a short interval of cessation, then a second shock which ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1892)
"There are a total of 338 16-cp lamps, of which the assembly- room has three
40-light gasoliers adapted to electroliers. The Council-chamber has 10 ..."
4. The Open Fireplace in All Ages by John Pickering Putnam (1880)
"... importance for actors and singers, the products of gas combustion being
particularly injurious to the throat and lungs. Fig. 154. Ventilating gasoliers. ..."
5. Reminiscences of New York by an Octogenarian (1816 to 1860) by Charles Haynes Haswell (1896)
"As the gasoliers, burners, etc., were made in England, and no invoice for them
was received with the first shipment of these articles, a delay of several ..."