To determine to what the ordinary variations in the quantity of light emitted by a common wax-candle might amount , I took such a candle , and , lighting it and placed it before the photometer, […]
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Wax-candle
Synonyms for "wax-candle" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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The artist said: "Well! you'll go out and buy for me five francs' worth of wax-candles while I go and see the cooper."
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There was a delicate scent of dried rose-leaves; the light by which the minister was reading was a wax-candle in a white earthenware candle-stick, […]
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No wax-candle can shine like two childish eyes!
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