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(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.
 
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