What does CP stand for?

Candle Power

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Section 376(3) of New York State vehicle and traffic law states that "[n]o light having a candlepower rating in excess of thirty-two candle power shall be used on any vehicle, unless it is of a type approved by the commissioner.

Ineffectiveness of New York State Vehicle Headlight Law

So, maybe, instead of heading to my favourite local tonight, which intends to run itself on candle power and serve green 'eco-cocktails', I should actually get off my arse and do something, but bet I don'tC* Copyright Cyprus Mail 2009 Provided by Syndigate.

Why, for me, 'Earth Hour' is a conscience salving stunt ,C*

There were hundreds of deaths in the deep darkness of the 9ft seams lit by faint candle power as tubs filled with rock and gunpowder explosions killed and maimed the miners.

Whooo's there? Hen parties in for spooky time down mine

Today the Falls are illuminated with 500 million candle power.

Hello from Niagara Falls, Ontario ? A City of Lights and Magic (Part ...

He turns 50 then, but all that candle power likely will reveal a homegrown star who is still sarcastic and never soppy.

Denis Leary; Still sizzling, but with a softer side

A closer look with the helicopter's 30m candle power Nitesun spotlight revealed the rectangle was in fact the collapsed missing resident, dressed only in his pyjamas.

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT

A family of four will learn how to live on a cabbage a week, television sets will run on candle power and children at school will eat whale meat and blubber (and yes, here it comes: you'd blubber if you had to eat whale meat).

Yorkshire folk can survive anything

Maureen Dillon, in her exploration of the social history of domestic lighting, explains how in the days of candle power an abundance of light was an expression of wealth - you had money to burn.

How men of sheer brilliance lit the way