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  • Had not the electricity of my glow-lamp exhausted itself,

    First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006

  • A single, solitary glow-lamp burning feebly over the entrance-a signal to those in need-was the only evidence that anyone lived here.

    The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993

  • Proof of this statement may be found in the circumstance that a black mark is eventually produced over an electric glow-lamp and above a pipe delivering hot water.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The electric glow-lamp, and the most popular and economical modern enclosed electric arc-lamp, sterilise only the much smaller volume of air which is brought into direct contact with their glass bulbs.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • Artificial internal light of any kind is best avoided; the only kind permissible being an electric glow-lamp.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The single glow-lamp was switched off, leaving the room in total darkness until there burst out suddenly a bright orange red light immediately above one of the trays.

    The Eye of Osiris 1902

  • It was a large room, and little lighter than the galleries, for the single glow-lamp that burned at the end where we entered left the rest of the apartment in almost complete obscurity.

    The Eye of Osiris 1902

  • All three men, seated abreast, were silent until, at last, the elder of the two police agents bent and glanced at the clock on the dashboard, visible by the tiny glow-lamp.

    The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime William Le Queux 1895

  • That night at ten o'clock I was inside the old curiosity shop, with a small storage battery in my pocket, and a little electric glow-lamp at my buttonhole, a most useful instrument for either burglar or detective.

    The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Robert Barr 1881

  • They have, however, developed a luminous organ, a living "glow-lamp," at the end of the filament, which doubtless proves a very effective lure.

    The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873

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