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<p>An <b>incandescent gas mantle</b>, <b>gas mantle</b> or <b>Welsbach mantle</b> is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame.  The name refers to its original heat source in <a href="page.php?w=Gas_lighting">gas light</a>s which illuminated the <a href="page.php?w=street_lighting">streets</a> of <a href="page.php?w=Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="page.php?w=North_America">North America</a> in the late 19th century. Mantle refers to the way it hangs like a cloak above the flame.  Gas mantles are also used in some portable</p><p>
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