Candle - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: candleInch of candle
Inch of candle, a mode of sale at one time in use among merchants; the goods to be sold were divided into lots, and at the sale a small piece of candle, about an inch long, was kept burning, and the last bidder, when the candle went out, was entitled to the lot for which he bid, Jac. Law Dict....
Candle
Candle, sale by. See INCH OF CANDLE....
Candle foot
The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot used as a unit of illumination...
Candle meter
The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter used as a unit of illumination except in Great Britain...
Foot candle
The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot...
Bougie deacutecimale
A photometric standard used in France having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard or slightly less than a British standard candle Called also decimal candle...
Candlemas-day
Candlemas-day, a festival appointed by the Church to be observed on the second day of February in every year, in honour of the purification of the Virgin Mary; so called from the processions with lighted candles, and consecration of candles on that day for the service of the ensuing year. In some parts of the country agricultural tenancies date from this day....
Bismuth
One of the elements a metal of a reddish white color crystallizing in rhombohedrons It is somewhat harder than lead and rather brittle masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across It melts at 507deg Fahr being easily fused in the flame of a candle It is found in a native state and as a constituent of some minerals Specific gravity 98 Atomic weight 2075 Symbol Bi...
Blindmans holiday
The time between daylight and candle light...
Blowpipe
A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle so as to concentrate the heat on some object...
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