lampades

pl. [LAMPAD.] Zool.: The name given by the early modern nat uralists, specially by Menschen in 1787 and Hum out or po e es light real or metaphorical; anything shining as a luminary. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."- Psalms cxix. 105. Æolepile lamp : A ve el containing alcohol which is vaporized by heat, and forms a powerful blow-pipe flame when ignited. Arc lamp : A form of electric lamp, in which light is given out by the voltaic arc spanning the interval between the carbon points. Safety lamp : A miner's lamp in which explosive gases are kept from ignition by a fine wire gauze which surrounds the flame.