A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 315
on arclamp. (See La7np,Electric Arc, Double**Carbon?) A form of all-nightarc lamp is shown inFig. 331. When theconsumption of the firstpair of carbons has Fig. 331. All-Night Arcreached a certain limit Lamp. the current is automatically switched over to theother pair. Lamp, All-Night Electric A… … Lamp, Arc, Electric An electric lamp in which the light is produced by a vol-taic arc formed between two or more carbonelectrodes. The carbon electrodes are placed in variouspositions, either parallel, horizontal, inclinedto one another or vertically one above the other.The latter is the form most…
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