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сила свечи
Unit of luminous intensity.
new candle
obsolete unit of measurement
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сила свечи
1
Each lamp is of sixteen
candle
power
with no perceptible variation in intensity.
2
A sixteen
candle
power
electric lamp is the most desirable.
3
Each one will produce 450 million
candle
power
.
4
At once a light starts up, between the carbon pencils, of a thousand-
candle
power
or more.
5
A hundred
candle
power
easily.
6
These burners can be made of 2,000
candle
power
,
down to fifty
candle
power
.
7
This also supplies a means of still maintaining the
candle
power
when the batteries are partially exhausted, by connecting them in series.
8
The interior of each car is lighted by twenty-six 10-
candle
power
lamps, in addition to four lamps provided for platforms and markers.
9
Some of the exhibits on show include the aforementioned Baily Optic, whose light was originally equivalent to 2,000,000
candle
power
.
10
In halls, closets, and bathroom lower-power lamps, or the "hylo," which may be alternated from one- to sixteen-
candle
power
,
will prove an economy.
11
The dynamo is designed to feed sixty lamps of 16
candle
power
each, the current being 60 amperes at 50 volts.
12
Tabulating these results we have-Costof enriching a 16-candlegas up to 17.5
candle
power
per 1,000 cubic feet by cannel coal, 4d.
13
The light is an incandescant oil-vapor lamp, runs on kerosene, and gives out a 24,000-
candle
power
beam visible for 13 miles in clear weather.
14
According to their statement each lamp was of 16-
candle
power
-
Iaccepttheir statement as correct; this will give us an aggregate of 992 candles.
15
Editor's pick
Candle
power
to charge smartphones Posted A California start-up has developed a device that can charge smartphones with candles.
16
One of the skinheads flicked on a handheld spotlight, throwing thousands of
candle
powers
in a single, blinding beam stabbing across the field.
Russian
сила свечи