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Bude light
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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. [1913 Webster]
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