electric alarm

An instrument, otherwise known as a thermostat, used for giving an alarm when the temperature rises to a point at which the instrument completes the circuit. This is used in stoves and hot-houses, to indicate exce or lack of temperature, and as a maximum thermometer alarm or fire-alarm. (THERMOSTAT: FIRE-ALARM.J electric-annealing, s. Annealing by the heat presence of the two houses of Congre , and the votes are counted. The candidates es receiving the the body to be annealed. highest number of votes are declared duly elected. 2. Germany: The body of princes entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany. "The electoral - college hath written vi. 107. promising not to proceed to the imperial election."- Boyle : Works, *ě-lec-tör-al-i-ty, s. [Eng. electoral ; -ity .] An electorate. "Not to trouble one another, or anything to them be longing;, as elect oralities , principalities, subjects, towns, villages."- Wotton : Remains (1620), p. 533. *ĕ-lěc'-tõr-ate, s. [Fr. élector at ; Ital. elettorato ; Sp. elector a do .] 1. The territory or jurisdiction of an elector of the German Empire. "He has a great and powerful king for his son-in-law; and can himself command, when he pleases, the whole strength of an electorate in the empire." - Add is on , Free. holder. 2. The dignity of an elector; electorship. *ĕ-lěc-tõr-e , s. [Eng.elector; -e .] The same as ELECTRESS (q. v.). "The eyes of all the Protestants in the nation turned toward the Electore of Bohemia." - Burnet: Hist. Own Time (1700). *ĕ-lěc-tör-I-al, a. [Eng. elector; -ial.] Of or relating to an elector or election; electoral. "They would soon erect themselves into an electorial college." - Burke : French Revolution .