Incandesce

/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs/

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It incandesces in sulphurous acid at ordinary temperatures, sulphate of protoxide of lead being the product; it also incandesces when triturated with ⅛th of its weight of cane-sugar, or ⅙th of grape-sugar.

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The receiver is in the form of a hollow glass ring, a circular filament occupying an axial position within the hollow portion of the ring, and being composed of material such as carbon of small cross-section, that incandesces upon the passage of an electric current

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