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Carcel
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carcel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/carcel.html. 1828.