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Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera..

Electrine :: Electrine (a.) Belonging to, or made of, amber..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..

Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..

Concameration :: Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Chamber :: Chamber (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun..

Statesmen :: States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers..

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Close-stool :: Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover..

Incameration :: Incameration (n.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain..

Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.

Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering..

Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine..

Electer :: Electer (n.) Amber. See Electrum.

Court :: Court (n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered..

Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..

Nummulites :: Nummulites (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally..

Fourneau :: Fourneau (n.) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.

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