flashlamp
- a variation of flash lamp.
Example Sentences
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Instead of the usual powder flashlights, the cameramen used the new electric flashlamp that leaves no smoke, makes no bang.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a few moments the signal was passed on to the Tompion by means of a flashlamp, the rays of which were invisible save from the direction of the receiver.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest
"Where in time is that laboratory of Leland's?" exclaimed Frank, his ruddy features showing impatient annoyance, exaggerated to an appearance of ferocity by the light of the flashlamp.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry
Lanyard, scrutinising the deck with the flashlamp, stooped, picked up something, and offered it on an outspread palm upon which he trained the clear electric beam.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
Then the light of the flashlamp ahead of him in a dancing beam, his heart beating rapidly with excitement, he pushed on.
From The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers by Labelle, Claude A.
