magnesium light
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of magnesium light
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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It was the sudden flash of the photographer's magnesium light, plainly felt by him through his closed lids, that somehow instantly inspired Edward Henry to a definite and ruthless line of action.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
Three pieces of photographic apparatus were working together in different parts of the room, and the illumination was furnished by a magnesium light at the opportune moment.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
As I passed south of the Island with its whole mass between myself and the photographer I saw the flashes of magnesium light, having all the appearance of lightning.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
Recently the story has been told of a burglar who accidently discharged a magnesium light connected with a kodak on the shelf.
From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis
The hill had gone steeper, the chalky road blazed like a magnesium light, and his front wheel began an apparently incurable squeaking.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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