- 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. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Note: The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat, invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it a beam of light from the sun. Source: webster
- 3. A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas,one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state ofignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through aflame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called alsooxycalcium light, or lime light. Source: adambom
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