calcium light
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calcium light
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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While I was looking down on the performers I noticed a flash of light where the electric wires connect with the calcium light.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The pitiless sunshine seemed to single him out and stream upon him like a calcium light.
From The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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 Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Far better bring them near and turn on the calcium light.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Only practice torpedoes send up a calcium light when their compressed air has given out.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
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