A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 472
holdthe lamp rod by the action of an electro-magnetplaced in a shunt circuit around the electrodes.(See Lamp, Arc, Electric.) Rod, Discharging A jointed rod provided at both endswith balls and con-nected at the middle bya swinging joint whichpermits the balls tomove towards or fromone another,… … the balls at M, M, to be readily applied to theopposite coatings of the jar or condenser. The name discharging tongs is sometimes ap-plied to this apparatus. Rod, Lamp A metallic rod pro-vided in electric arc lamps for holding thecarbon electrodes. When the upper carbon only is fed, as is thecase…
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