The standard manual of dynamos and practical application of dynamo-electric machinery (1915)
MacFadden, Carl K. [from old catalog], Ray, William D., [from old catalog] joint author · Chicago, Laird & Lee, inc. · leaf 107
ARC LIGHT. 102 TYPES OF ARC I.AMPS. iliar from study of previous chapters of the differencebetween constant current and constant potential dyna-mos, it will be evident that an arc lamp operating on aconstant current dynamo, must have a mechanism capa-ble of performing several different functions.… … FIGURE 30.—VOWAIC ARC. current is passing and when supplied from a suitable sourceof electricity, the current instead of being broken, jumpsthe space between the carbon points and generates in-tense heat, which makes them emit the usual dazzlinglight, known as the arc light. Figure 30 shows the…
Electrical engineering · Electric machinery
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