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Definition of Illuminants
1. illuminant [n] - See also: illuminant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illuminants
Literary usage of Illuminants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Illumination by Louis Bell (1912)
"CHAPTER V. THE MATERIALS OF ILLUMINATION illuminants OF COMBUSTION. AT root,
nearly all practical illuminants are composed of solid particles, ..."
2. Lectures: On Illuminating Engineering Delivered at the Johns Hopkins by Johns Hopkins University, Illuminating Engineering Society (1911)
"This lecture is one of two which are expected to cover " Gas and Oil illuminants.'"'
To Professor Whitaker has been assigned the open flame and the ..."
3. Practical Illumination by James Raley Cravath, Van Rensselaer Lansingh (1907)
"COMPARISON OF illuminants. In comparing different illuminants one must consider
the questions of economy, convenience, steadiness, cleanliness, ..."
4. Radiation, Light and Illumination: A Series of Engineering Lectures by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1909)
"FLAMES AS illuminants. 56. Two main classes of illuminants exist: those producing
radiation by the conversion of the chemical energy of combustion— the ..."
5. Lectures: On Illuminating Engineering Delivered at the Johns Hopkins by Johns Hopkins University, Illuminating Engineering Society (1911)
"Classification of electric illuminants. 2. Importance of the volt-ampere
characteristic and the resistance- temperature characteristic of the conductor used ..."
6. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"141 ELECTRIC illuminants. By SH BLAKE, Assoc, AIEE Engr. Supply Dept., ...
and forms of electrical illuminants that have been used commercially and the ..."
7. A Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Gravimetric, Electrolytic by John Charles Olsen (1916)
"One cc will absorb 8 cc of the illuminants. 707. If Bromine is used as the
absorbent, a few cubic centimeters of liquid bromine are placed ..."
8. Mine Gases and Explosions: Text-book for Schools and Colleges and for by James Thom Beard (1908)
"Flame Caps of Different illuminants in Different Lamps.—In general it may be said
the common burning oils are better adapted to detect the larger ..."
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