Candle Meter - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: candle meterCandle meter
The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter used as a unit of illumination except in Great Britain...
Meter
Meter [fr. mete, Sax.], an instrument of measurement, as a coal-meter, a land-meter.It means a set of integrating instruments used to measure the amount of electrical energy supplied or the quantity of electrical energy contained in the supply, in a given time, which include whole current meter and metering equipment such as current transformer, capacitor voltage atjormsurer or potential or voltage transformer with necessary wiring and accessories. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (aca)]...
Inch 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...
Foot candle
The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot...
Coal meter
A licensed or official coal measurer in London See Meter...
Meter
One who or that which metes or measures See Coal meter...
Measurer, or Meter
Measurer, or Meter, an officer in the City of London who measured woollen cloths, coals, etc. see ALNAGER...
decathlon
In the modern Olympic Games a composite contest consisting of a 100 meter run a broad jump putting the shot a running high jump a 400 meter run throwing the discus a 100 meter hurdle race pole vaulting throwing the javelin and a 1500 meter run...
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