calcium light
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calcium light
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Their convenient emission of calcium light, however, makes it possible to photograph them in all positions, and emphasises their close relationship to prominences.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
His words are parlando, but the orchestra illumines them with music clear as a calcium light.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel
"Why, you wouldn't be brilliant in a calcium light."
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Saltus, Edgar
It will stand on Bedloe’s Island, and from the torch in its uplifted hand will flash a calcium light.
From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous
I looked around the corner and could see he just had on his shirt and pants, and his suspenders were hanging down, and his bald head shone like a calcium light just before it explodes.
From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Smith, Gean
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