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ˈspirit-lamp
Also spirit lamp.
[spirit n.]
A lamp fed by methylated or other spirits, and used esp. for heating, boiling, or cooking.
1767J. Priestley Hist. & Present State of Electricity viii. xii. 700 The bar was heated by a spirit lamp placed underneath it. 1802Phil. Trans. XCIII. 14 The..solution, gently exhaled to dryness, and kept over a spirit-lamp. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 372 Having put on the cover, the flame of a spirit-lamp was applied beneath the indigo. 1893Lady I. Burton Life R. F. Burton II. 8 Our hosts are astir, and already..drinking tea made over a spirit-lamp.
attrib.1827Faraday Chem. Manip. vi. (1842) 186 In operations of this kind, heat is applied..by a small spirit lamp flame. |
