Welsbach burner

Wels·bach burner

W0090600 (wĕlz′băk′, -bäk′) A trademark for a lamp consisting of a gas burner and a gauze mantle impregnated with cerium and thorium compounds that becomes incandescent when heated by the burner.

Welsbach burner

(ˈwɛlzbæk; German ˈvɛlsbax) n (Chemistry) trademark a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame[C19: named after Carl Auer, Baron von Welsbach (1858–1929), Austrian chemist, who invented it]