(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:16:13

Bude" light` (?). [From Bude, in Cornwall, the residence of Sir G.Gurney, the inventor.]

A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.

 

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