FLAME

n. Flam. Gr., <Aey|u.a, $Aof. Lat., flamm a (from flamm are, to burn). Fr., flam me. Ger., Flamme. It., flamm a. Sp., flam a, llama. A common phenomenon of rapid combustion, due to the giving off of gases and particles of solid matter heated to such a degree as to become luminous. F. -flower. The genus Tritoma. [B, 275 (a, 24).] F.-manometer. An instrument devised by Koenig for comparing the notes and methods of vibration of organ pipes or other vibrating mechanisms by means of the fluctuations which they produce upon a f. connected with them. [B.] Manometric Fs. The fs of a f.-manometer. [B.] Musical f. A f., whether inclosed in a tube or naked, which limits a musical tone. [B.] Sensitive f. A f. which is caused to fluctuate by the impact of sonorous vibrations. [B.] Vital f. ~L ., flamm a vital is (seu eorch's). Fr., flam me vitale. Ger., Lebens war me, Lebens kraft. An old name for the principle of life. [A, 322.] [s. 71]