Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 533
would soon havearcs of different lengths, and therefore of different resistances.Accordingly, if arc lamps were connected in multiple, therewould soon be a very unequal distribution of current amongthem, the one offering the smallest resistance taking the largestcurrent and giving the most intense… … Fig. 260. Arc lamps arc connected in series. high electromotive force, or voltage, the dynamo furnishingthis current must develop a very great difference of potentialif forty or fifty arc lamps are connected in series, as is the prac-tice in street lighting. It is on this account that an arc…
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