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NEON |
Sign-light gas |
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HELIUM |
Light gas |
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HYDROGEN |
Spa resort information on light gas |
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PILOT |
Gas light used to direct hot-air balloon |
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GASLIGHT |
The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas. |
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ILLUMINANT |
That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and
petroleum are illuminants. |
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METHANE |
A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4;
marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. |
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BLAZE |
A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the
process of combustion; a bright flame. |
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FLAME |
A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. |
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TETRADECANE |
A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas
series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule. |
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LIGHTEN |
To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to
lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets. |
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PHOSGENE |
Producing, or produced by, the action of light; --
formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl
chloride. See Carbonyl. |
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LIGHT |
To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite;
to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; --
sometimes with up. |
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BUDE LIGHT |
A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by
introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a
flame fed with coal gas or with oil. |
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BALLOON |
A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the
atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation. |
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IGNIS FATUUS |
A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal
or vegetable su... |
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GAS |
...peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned,
and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes. ... |
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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 ba... |
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ACETYLENE |
...by the
action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. ... |