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Holmes' light"

a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Holmes

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