magnesium light

noun

the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.

First recorded in 1855–60

M. G. de Fontenay succeeded in getting several photographs by the magnesium light.

The dazzling magnesium light enables us all to verify the reality of the phenomenon.

These photographs, taken rapidly by magnesium light, are not perfect, but they are records.

The excavation was done mostly at night, the ground being illuminated by magnesium light.

The garden was illuminated with magnesium light, and looked both beautiful and—boundless!

April 23, 2024inveterate

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