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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Jul 5, 2011
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by installing a light bulb in the centre of an opaque globe
-- opaque is the wrong word here. It means that it is solid and does not allow any light through. I think "transparent" is the correct word.
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by installing a light bulb in the centre of a transparent globe
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Bernadette Lynn_ Home Educator Posted Jul 5, 2011
Not 'translucent'?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 5, 2011
Translucent would mean that the light would be diffused as it travelled through the globe and lit the paper with a glow, whereas what is intended is that the light travels through in straight lines.
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