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Definition of Carcel
1. n. A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles.
Definition of Carcel
1. Noun. (historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carcel
1. a unit of illumination [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcel
Literary usage of Carcel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1903)
"The light given by the lamp is corrected by simple calculation on the assumption
that 42 grammes of oil per hour yield one ' carcel'" (see page 326). ..."
2. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"It is called the Prison of Love, “ carcel de Amor,” and was written at the request
of Diego Hernandez, a governor of the pages in the time of Ferdinand and ..."
3. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"107 shows the apparatus for comparing the platinum unit with the carcel lamp,
... The carcel, C, can be moved upon a sledge Kig. 107. before the screen, E, ..."
4. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"... Juez—carcel de la Corte—Sunday in Prison—Robber Dress—Father and Son—Characteristic
Behaviour—The Frenchman—Prison Allowance—Valley of the Shadow—Pure ..."
5. Cuba with pen and pencil by Samuel Hazard (1873)
"The old fort "La Punta"—The "carcel" or royal dungeon — Execution of Lopez — The
Prado—Fountains, avenues, and buildings— Cuban gymnasts — Park of Isabel ..."
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