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Carcel
CIDE DICTIONARY
Carcel, n.
A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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