Edison boasted that he would create a safe, reliable, and inexpensive electric light that would replace gaslight. 爱迪生自豪的说他将会创造一个安全、靠,而且便宜的电灯,来取代瓦斯灯。
gaslight
[ noun ] light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas <noun.phenomenon>
Gaslight \Gas"light`\, n. 1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2. A gas jet or burner.
Most of the gaslight chandeliers in the house are original and have been restored. "We could have used substitutes, and 99 percent of the public never would have known," he said.