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| Expression | 1. A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: DRUMMOND LIGHT
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| Drummond light | A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DRUMMOND LIGHT
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| Drummond Light | Literature | 1: The limelight. So named from Captain Thomas Drummond, R.E. 2: "Wisdom thinks, and makes a solar Drummond Light of a point of dull lime." - Geikie: Entering on Life (Reading, p.211). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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