calcium light
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calcium light
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Mr. Chamberlain, a civilian, had volunteered to go with the expedition with a calcium light, which proved to be of great advantage to the fleet in the intense darkness of the nights.
From Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy by John M. (John Mullin) Batten
The Moon, in fact, is in German novels what the calcium light is in American melodrama.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
The guide struck off a calcium light to show us the formation of the ceiling.
From The Four Pools Mystery by Jean Webster
"If he would abuse the other side a little more, and stick in a little tinsel and calcium light he would be great."
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
They were much more interesting to Brown, however, than anything he had ever seen in the set and artificial radiance of the calcium light.
From The Brown Study by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
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