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Luminous or Phosphorescent Dial

A dial covered with varnish or a solution of white wax in turpentine, over which is dusted powdered sulphide of barium. Such a dial is luminous in the dark so that it can be read without a light. It loses its phosphorescence after a time, but this may be restored by exposing it to sunlight or to the flame of magnesium wire.