magnesium lamp

noun

A lamp, containing a coil of magnesium ribbon fed into a burner by clockwork, that produced an intense light.

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noun
  1. A lamp, containing a coil of magnesium ribbon fed into a burner by clockwork, that produced an intense light.
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