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Illuminant   Listen
noun
Illuminant  n.  That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants.





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... its place in industry. Another valuable product of the electric furnace was the calcium carbide first produced in 1892 by Thomas L. Wilson of Spray, North Carolina. This calcium carbide is the basis of acetylene gas, a powerful illuminant, and it is widely used in metallurgy, for welding and ...
— The Age of Invention - A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest, Book, 37 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Holland Thompson


Words linked to "Illuminant" :   fuel, illuminate


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