Cincinnati Street Gas Lamps was created in 1843.
The gas used in fluorescent lamps is argon. Neon is used for red lamps.
It was first used as fuel for a street lamp in Baltimore USA
Carbide lamps, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water (H2O). ... Portable acetylene gas lamps, worn on the hat or carried by hand, were widely used in mining in the early twentieth century.
100 or so years ago streetlights (lamps) were powered by natural gas. The lamps were off during the day, of course, but had to be individually lit come nightfall. The person who went up and down the street lighting the gas lamps was the "lamp lighter." Not much call for this talent any more except maybe for Lamp Light Square in St Louis.
argon is used in lamps
xenon
gas
A street sweeper who would actually walk in the street. Another one is the guy who lit all the gas street lamps, the town crier who told of important news, the coal tender on a steam locomotive.
Not helium. But xenon is used in photographic lamps
xenon
Halogen.
I think for creating flashlight The gas used in fluorescent lamps is argon. Neon is used for red lamps.