Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 162
arbon iK-coines |M>sitiveand negative alternately, and there is no chance for a crater to Ixforme«l, both carbons giving <»ir the same amount .if light and U-ingconsume<l at about the same rate. The light tlistributi.in curve ..fan (iltrriKifiiKi-i-iirrnif arc is shown in Ilg. .M. Arc-l^mp… … \27 34 ELECTRIC LIGHTING the current to them and for maintaining them at the proper distanceapart. The carbons are kept separated the proper distance by theoperating mechanisms which must perform the following functions: 1. The carbons must be in contact, or be brought into contact, to startthe arc…
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