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Definition of Calcium light
1. Noun. A lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting.
Definition of Calcium light
1. Noun. limelight ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcium Light
Literary usage of Calcium light
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Memoirs, Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of by John William Draper (1878)
"From the Philosophical Magazine, December, 1845. CONTENTS :—Non-permeability of
glass to spark radiations.-^—Permeability to calcium-light radiations. ..."
2. General Astronomy by Harold Spencer Jones (1922)
"The faculae surrounding a spot are shown much more extensively in the calcium
light and were called " flocculi " by Hale ; they consist mainly of glowing ..."
3. Elements of Physical Manipulation by Edward Charles Pickering (1876)
"The objections are its expense, which is considerable, the variability and
insufficient intensity of the light. 189. calcium light. Apparatus. ..."
4. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1870)
"This circumstance, however, renders the calcium light inferior to the sun and the
... So far as I know, the calcium light has never before been successfully ..."
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