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ARC LAMP [2 records]

Record 1 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Lamps
CONT

The arc lamp has a mechanism to regularize electric current and two or several carbon electrodes to produce a strong gas discharge: the voltaic arc. It has two pairs of charcoal electrodes that can generate a purple-hued arc and produce from 16 to 20 hours of open-air combustion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Lampes
CONT

La lampe à arc comprend un mécanisme de régularisation du courant et deux ou plusieurs électrodes de charbon produisant une vive décharge gazeuse : l'arc voltaïque. Cette lampe a deux paires d'électrodes en charbon de bois qui donnent à l'arc une teinte violacée et qui produisent entre 16 et 20 heures de combustion à l'air libre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Cinematography
  • Photoengraving
DEF

An electric lamp in which the light is produced by heating the ends of carbon rods to incandescence by an electric arc; used as a source of light in photoengraving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Cinématographie
  • Photogravure
DEF

Lampe électrique constituée d'électrodes de carbone entre lesquelles le courant électrique produit un arc lumineux; utilisée en photogravure.

Spanish

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