| 单词 | agitable lamp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagitable lamp agitable lamp n. now historical and rare an oil lamp with a closed reservoir, able to be moved without spillage of oil.The patent description by Miles in 1787 does not include the term, referring instead to ‘making lamps..so as to give perfect light though ever so much agitated’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > types of crusiea1774 agitable lamp1788 gaslight1806 moaler1843 table lampc1849 bracket-burner1867 blast-lampa1884 Betty lamp1893 acetylene1899 quartz lamp1907 Etna lamp1912 palouser1918 1788 Felix Farley's Bristol Jrnl. 27 Dec. Miles's Patent Agitable Lamps... Burn Oil without spilling, to whatever motion they may be liable or position thrown into. 1824 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 27 Mar. 204 Agitable Lamps... Our Correspondent calls them Agitable, because one can toss them about the house without spilling a drop of oil. 1959 H. F. Williamson & A. R. Daum Amer. Petroleum Industry ii. 31 The introduction of both single and multi-tubed drop burners [in c.1800]..gave Americans their first closed, oil-tight, genuinely agitable lamps. < as lemmas |
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