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acetylene, ethyne(the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH; a colorless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy)
^ Emil Czyrnianski (1867) Chemija nieorganiczna i organiczna: zastosowana do przemyslu, rolnictwa i lekarstwa ; skreslona wedlug zasad wlasnej teoryi w dwoch czesciach. Chemija organiczna : zastosowana do przemyslu, rolnictwa i lekarstwa (in Polish), page 399
Further reading
acetylen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN