Sentence examples for light of about from inspiring English sources

Prior to Fresnel's invention the best mirror systems could produce a light of about 20,000 candlepower with an Argand burner.

In light of about 38,000 suicides a year, other data showing that more than eight million adults think seriously about suicide and more than a million attempt suicide in the United States clearly suggest that most suicides are prevented.

Ordinary household light bulbs produce light of about 2,800 kelvins, while daylight, which is rich in rays from the blue end of the spectrum, may have readings from 5,000 to more than 20,000 K.

In light of about a dozen American combat deaths yesterday, we should keep in mind our historic bet: that given their freedom from a savage tyrant, the three groups that make up Iraq could, with our help, create a rudimentary democracy that would turn the tide against terror.

For instance, to work against a wavelength of visible light of about 600 nanometers or 600 billionths of a meter, one would need copper loops only 50 nanometers wide, about 2,000 times thinner than the average diameter of a human hair.

However, in a number of replicate experiments the mutant showed a clearly higher sensitivity to high light of about 300 µmol photons m−2 s−1.

The loop is what puts us here," says Shannon Dwyer, who is in line to have her eyes examined in a darkened warehouse building among the blinking pen lights of about two dozen volunteer optometrists.

At the thinner end of the finished taper, create a small wick for lighting of about 1/2" (1.2 centimeters).

The SG was identified in the dorsal horn as a light band of about 60 µm thickness in its intermediate region as previously described [4].

The visible light with light intensity of about 1.8 mW/cm2was obtained by using a 300 W Xe lamp with a set of combined filters (L42 + B390 + HA30) and a water filter.

In addition, the DRS of Fe2O3 displays the commencement of light absorption at about 600 nm itself.