Meanings
nounhydrogen lamp (plural hydrogen lamps)
plural hydrogen lamps
- a glass apparatus in which hydrogen, generated from zinc and sulfuric acid, is burnt; used primarily as a demonstration (invented by Alessandro Volta)
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