1887 43 119 (heading) Experiments upon the luminous phenomena of the various metals volatilised in the bunsen burner and the oxy-coal-gas blowpipe flame.
1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker (ed. 3) i. 7 The use of the oxy-coal gas welding is confined to low temperature work such as lead burning, brazing, etc.
1989 A. C. Davies (ed. 9) I. i. 46 The oxy-coal-gas flame is very similar [to the oxy-hydrogen flame], as the coal gas consists of hydrogen, together with other impurities.