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Carcel lamp

Carcel lamp noun: a mechanical lamp from the 19th century, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

Noun

Carcel lamp (plural Carcel lamps)

  1. (historical) A mechanical lamp from the 19th century, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

Forms of Carcel lamp

pluralCarcel lamps

Origin of Carcel lamp

Named after its French inventor, Bernard Guillaume Carcel.

Questions about Carcel lamp

What does Carcel lamp mean?
Carcel lamp means a mechanical lamp from the 19th century, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.
What part of speech is Carcel lamp?
Carcel lamp is a noun.
What is the plural of Carcel lamp?
The plural of Carcel lamp is Carcel lamps.

Words near Carcel lamp in the dictionary

  1. Carcassonne
  2. Carcavelhos
  3. Carcavellos
  4. carceag
  5. carcel
  6. Carcel lamp
  7. Carcel lamps
  8. carcels
  9. carceral
  10. carcerality
  11. carcerally

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