parcels
Example Sentences
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She wound up the carcels for their night's work.
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Hale, Edward E.
The light of the standard Carcel lamp being 1, there was obtained with the Gagneau lamp with the ordinary chimney 1.113 carcels, and with the Bayle chimney 1.404 carcels.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
As the Edison 16 candle lamp gives 1.6 carcels and its filament burns 1,000 hours, the wear will increase the price of the carcel by 0.0015.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
As the photometric experiments are recent, let us suppose that it gives but 25 carcels.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
They are of 8 amperes and 50 volts; that is to say, of 4 hectowatts, and are presumed to give an illuminating power of 300 carcels.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
