electric-light

• “Our favorite touch about today's animated logo is the luminous light bulb that brightens and fades, spotlighting the inventor's electric-light contributions.”

  The Washington Post: DOODLE OF THE DAY: Google Logo spotlights Edison's birthday

• “But to me there's nothing quite as encouraging as the pink and yellow buds on the trees, and the electric-light green of the leaves before they settle into jaded adulthood.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rhythms of the Seasons

• “He walked over and pressed the electric-light button near the door; the button fell off in his hand.”

  "The Moon Woman" by Minna Irving, part 3

• “They hitched the horse to an electric-light post on State Street and went off on their errands.”

  Kate Kelly: Holiday Hazards You Never Thought Of

• “The beetles at once acquired the name of electric-light bugs, and it was believed that the arc carbons produced them by a kind of spontaneous generation, and that their bite was dangerous as that of a tarantula.”

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• “Where there is no physical power there is no moral power; a blind man has not the right to have electric-light shades.”

  Fr. McNabb Speaks - On Rights and Property

• ““The Pratts are having six arches, all done with electric-light designs of hearts with their crest on the top,” she said.”

  Red Pottage

• “Om – Om of the dynamos in the electric-light plant behind the mill was louder in the darkness.”

  Main Street

• “One of his self-imposed tasks was to go about the house after Lester, or the servants, turning out the gas-jets or electric-light bulbs which might accidentally have been left burning.”

  Jennie Gerhardt

• “The porter pointed to the tap of the electric-light and began a muttered apology, but Gabriel cut him short.”

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