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  • 21Safety lamp — Lamp Lamp (l[a^]mp), n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, adis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. {Lampad}, {Lantern}.] 1. A light producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus; formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick… …

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  • 22To smell of the lamp — Lamp Lamp (l[a^]mp), n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, adis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. {Lampad}, {Lantern}.] 1. A light producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus; formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick… …

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  • 23Lava lamp — An original Mathmos Astro lava lamp. For other uses, see Lava (disambiguation). A lava lamp (or Astro lamp) is a decorative novelty item that contains blobs of colored wax inside a glass vessel filled with clear liquid; the wax rises and falls as …

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  • 24Safety lamp — Safety chain Safety chain (a) (Railroads) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing. (b) An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the… …

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  • 25Slit lamp — The slit lamp is an instrument consisting of a high intensity light source that can be focused to shine as a slit. It is used in conjunction with a microscope. The lamp facilitates an examination which looks at anterior segment, or frontal… …

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  • 26kerosene lamp — ▪ lighting       vessel containing kerosene with a wick for burning to provide light. Such lamps were widely used from the 1860s, when kerosene first became plentiful, until the development of electric lighting. Compared with other oil lamps,… …

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  • 27betty lamp — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: probably from the name Betty : a lamp consisting of a shallow lidded metal vessel with a small spout for a coarse wick, fueled by tallow, grease, or oil, usually hung by a hook and chain, and used… …

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  • 28pump fishing vessel — a vessel with a pump that is lowered under the surface of the water. Small fish, attracted by light from a lamp situated above the suction side of the pump, are sucked and pumped with water on board where a fish separator is installed …

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  • 29Henry Woodward (inventor) — Henry Woodward was an early pioneer in the development of the incandescent lamp. On July 24, 1874, he and his partner, Mathew Evans, a hotel keeper, patented an improved electric light bulb. [cite web|url=http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/summer/scor… …

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  • 30List of Tesla patents — Below is a list of Tesla patents. Dr. Nikola Tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents [Snezana Sarbo, [http://www.tesla symp06.org/papers/Tesla Symp06 Sarboh.pdfNikola Tesla s Patents] , Sixth International Symposium Nikola Tesla,… …

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