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Drummond light
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What's The Definition Of Drummond light?Synonyms | Synonyms for Drummond light: Related Terms | Find terms related to Drummond light: See Also | Drummond light In Webster's Dictionary \Drum"mond light`\ [From Thomas Drummond, a
British naval officer.]
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas,
one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of
ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas
through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; --
called also {oxycalcium light}, or {lime light}.
Note: The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat,
invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant
point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it
a beam of light from the sun.
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