| 单词 | arc light |
| 例句 | Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He passed a strip-mining works, huge blue arc lights burning in the dim midwinter daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Where arc lights could not be avoided, he said, they should be covered with white globes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the towns they talked of sewers and inside toilets, and some already had them; and arc lights on the street corners—Salinas had those—and telephones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In a garbage can under an arc light I found a clean corrugated paper carton and packed my city clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They used arc lights, six globes enclosing sustained sparks between two carbon rods. Pursuits: Austin’s Moon Towers, Beyond ‘Dazed and Confused’ 2014-02-13T15:08:48Z The dinner-jacketed men and beautifully dressed women – few of whom seemed to be under 7ft tall – are lit with a fierce mix of daylight and arc lights and everything is hyperreal and dreamlike. Wrongbestfilmgate was a moment of pure chaos – my night of shocks at the Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z It carried a set of arc lights supplied by Thomas Edison; its telephones and telegraph were from Alexander Graham Bell. Review: In the Kingdom of Ice Brings Cold Comfort 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Freeberg writes little of the industrial battle between direct current and alternating current and between the arc light and the incandescent light. ‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era 2013-03-07T20:48:34Z The opera, in English, finds Conway at his unnerving best, however, as arc lights rake the auditorium, and the glitzy proscenium of a cabaret stage gradually and ominously assumes the outline of concentration camp gates. The Emperor of Atlantis – review 2012-10-09T16:49:30Z In time, Austin replaced the arc lights with newer bulbs and eventually took down half of the original towers. Pursuits: Austin’s Moon Towers, Beyond ‘Dazed and Confused’ 2014-02-13T15:08:48Z If he enjoyed being silly on the screen, Mr. Connery was darker and more complex when the arc lights were turned off. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Wrote The Post: “The size of this throng, he believes, is a criterion of the game’s drawing power under the arc lights.” Perspective | Baseball played astride donkeys once entertained crowds around the D.C. area 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Any hint of holiness is wrecked by a rainstorm, and by the glare of the arc lights under which TV cameras hope to catch the miracle, yet Fellini does not rage at our credulity. A Hundred Years of Fellini 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z They hired TV actors, used one brother’s Marina del Rey apartment as their main location, and shot on RED ONE cameras, lighting the interior scenes with hand-held LED arrays rather than arc lights. 'The World's End' Review: Between Star Treks And Ant-Men, A Riotous Pub Brawl 2013-08-22T16:49:00Z The smoke was so heavy the firemen worked with difficulty, but finally it cleared and workmen who were hastily sent by the Edison company equipped forty arc lights, which shone bravely through the smoke. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z I have endeavored repeatedly to fuse zirconia, placing it in a cup of arc light carbon, as indicated in Fig. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z If we interpose the intense calcium light or an electric arc light between the eye and the sun, these artificial sources will look like black spots on the disk. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Then, without warning, the arc lights suddenly went out, plunging the world into utter blackness. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z The last streak of daylight faded and the big arc lights began to blaze among the tall trees, and still they searched—Katherine in a patient, systematic way, Veronica hysterically. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z "The wire leading to the calcium arc light might have been broken or detached," he said. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Their arc light machines have weak fields, large armatures, with a great length of copper wire and few commutator segments to produce great variations in the current's strength and to bring self-induction into play. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Six months of experimenting resulted in the Brush arc light. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z And in the city little ice-sheathed maples along an avenue, glistening under white arc lights, surpass the changing lusters of gray enamel. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z We were standing under the swinging arc light in a bare patch the wind had cleared of the fine, white February grit. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The arc light was encased in a closed box to prevent sparks falling on the floor or being blown into the scenery. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Spears of light came from warehouse offices on the pier, and far up the street a great arc light made the thoroughfare almost plain to the eye as day. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The arc lights gave the streets an absolute air of unreality and tragic strangeness. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z There are objections to the arc light; it is extremely dazzling and irritating to the eye. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z About 1839 he constructed the platinum-zinc voltaic cell that bears his name, and with the aid of a number of these exhibited the electric arc light in the London Institution, Finsbury Circus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The place seemed alive with moving figures that came and went endlessly under the glare of the great arc lights, while the stir and brilliancy appeared unreal to me. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Once out of the glare of the arc light, he felt that he would be safe, at least for a moment. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The Quay walls of the Pasig had been improved, and the river illuminated from its mouth to the bridge by powerful electric arc lights. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z You see an arc light produced by it, and you see how intensely bright and brilliant that light is. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z It is that heat, acting upon the small particles of carbon which are torn off the ends of the rods, which gives us the arc light. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z On rounding the corner, and coming into view of the park entrance, where blazed an arc light, he caught sight of her again, entering the gateway. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The arc light on the corner, however, gave me the impression that they were of medium height and rather thick set. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The figure was in the glare of the arc light so short a time, and in the shadow so much longer. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Such a dynamo is commonly used for arc lights. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z So although there are some lighthouses with electric arc lights, that which is now believed to be the best is an oil lamp of special design, using a mantle of the Welsbach type. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z After the invention of the arc light, he took out more than fifty other patents. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z This bloom is due to the presence of some strongly fluorescent material which is shown up with intensity when mineral oils are exposed to ultraviolet rays such as emanate from an enclosed arc light. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z He saw himself turn to gaze into the face of the girl across the court-room—knew the swift rush of the motor, the blazing arc lights and that final stab of realisation! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Davy produced an arc light with a battery of four thousand cells. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z I caught him, feet first, and helped land him on the front seat, where he sat looking at me with staring eyes that shone all the brighter in the glare of the arc light. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Following Sir Humphry Davy's experiments, several arc lights were invented, with greater or less degree of success, and about 1860 electricity was tried successfully for lighting in some lighthouses along the British coast. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The glare of an arc light over the drive picked out plainly the faces of the two occupants of the car. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z The two pointed pieces of hard conducting carbon used for the separated terminals constitute the voltaic arc light—a light only excelled in intense brilliancy by the sun itself. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The first efforts were in the direction of the arc light. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z It was hung about with black cloths, and lighted by the effulgence of an artificial half-moon and several planets, contrived, Kent conjectured, of isinglass set into the fabric, with arc lights behind them. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Both girls straightening up simultaneously, Marjorie caught full sight of Mignon’s face under the flickering gleam of a neighboring arc light. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z He looked round the room slowly, almost searchingly, while the arc light spluttered and then burnt up again with a hiss. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z A gleam from the corner arc light penetrated the library, too. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z In 1878 the streets of Paris were lighted with the "Jablochkoff candle," a form of arc light supplied with current by the Gramme machine. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Here arc lights on high wooden standards flooded the yard with brightness. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Yet in that revealing instant under the arc light a sudden, terrifying apprehension laid hold on Marjorie. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z We were passing one of those arc lights on Park Avenue, and the scornful look she cast at me, tears and all, was plain. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z A reflection entered the room from the arc light on the nearest street corner. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z The mercury vapor light deserves mention as a special form of arc light. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The only light came from the arc lights’ rays which shone through barred windows set high in the four walls. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Her alert eyes had spied it as, with William at the wheel, it passed under the arc light and made rapid approach. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z I was facing the street, and the glow from the arc lights there made a grey background against which I fancied I saw a shadow moving. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z They swayed the arc lights, rattled signs, and shook skeletons of trees. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Edison's problem was to produce a light that could be divided into a number of small lights, and one that would require less attention than the arc light. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z I turned and went slowly, thoughtfully, back to town, reaching it just as the dusk began to be starred by the rayed arc lights. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z On no account, however, should an arc light be used, as besides being too dazzling, it is much too uncertain; in fact many other reasons could be given for rejecting it. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z There were arc lights on Holborn Viaduct and the Thames Embankment, nowhere else, but the incandescent lamp had not appeared. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Samarium, used in magnets for items such as headphones and carbon arc lights for the film industry, cost $4.25-$4.75; now it is $34-35. Chinese moves to limit mineral supplies sparks struggle over rare earths 2010-10-25T20:00:00Z In the ordinary arc light the arc is formed of carbon vapor, and the light is given out from the tips of the white-hot carbons. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Snow drifted in the air and made a nimbus about each arc light as Spurrier’s taxi, turning between the collonade pillars of the Pennsylvania Station, gave him his first returning glimpse of New York. The Law of Hemlock Mountain The current may be used to produce an arc light in the following manner:—Two carbon rods, A and B, are held by suitable means in the position shown in Fig. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z Under an arc light I made the first note in my new business of man-hunter and it was something like this: Anderson's drug-store. The Window at the White Cat The engine had stopped at the edge of a bisecting street, and just in front of it an arc light was suspended, which threw his surroundings into view uncertainly. The Man from Jericho An arc light is produced by an electric current flowing across a gap between two sticks of carbon. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z His own face showed whitish blue in the flicker of the great arc light. The Broken Gate A Novel These candles do not give such a great light as arc lights, but it is of the same nature in every way. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z Imagine the world lighted by one great arc light. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The arc light down there, while it emphasized few details, sharpened Garth's wonder at the size and shape of the newcomer. The Gray Mask It is used in the manufacture of carbon rods for arc lights, and for the negative element in the Bunsen battery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The arc light illumined fully the great town clock in the cupola of the courthouse. The Broken Gate A Novel While an arc light is burning the carbons waste away, the upper one more rapidly than the lower, and the mechanism has to approach them constantly to make up for this waste. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z The arc light is the result of frictional not chemical electricity. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 The bright glare of arc lights made the street as midday. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter At first nothing could be seen but the dark water with myriads of fish swarming about the bright light, which appeared to attract them as moths are attracted to an arc light. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam But the elevator was kept at work, and arc lights hung over the hold showed the novel scene of the sliding grain and its trimmers. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Humphry Davy produced light by using two carbon points and an electric current—the forerunner of the arc light, and entered on studies that led to photography. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Sunlight is not rich in ultra-violet light, and does not produce anything like so great an effect as the arc light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" He was surprisingly weary, in a gloom made evident by the indirect illumination of an arc light across and farther up the street. The Bright Shawl Seen in daylight he appeared even more remarkable than he had done under the sizzling arc lights of the station. The Red Symbol He saw Fifth Avenue once in a driving snowstorm and under sputtering arc lights, and he hurried to his easel next morning to see if he could not put it down in black and white. The "Genius" The city is well illuminated by arc lights and electricity is largely used by business offices and residences. Atlanta A Twentieth-Century City The kid I used to play with under the arc lights—don't you remember me?' Seven Keys to Baldpate Both were perspiring from the intense heat of the big arc lights. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Ammonium platinocyanide, cooled while stimulated by arc light, glows fully at—180�; but on warming it glows like a lamp. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science There were arc lights burning clearly blue through the flying flakes. The "Genius" Mr. Lawson took me to his office, and on the way we passed under an arc light. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 In splendid and austere whiteness the Capitol rises terrace upon terrace above the trees, its columns, its cornices and its dome blanched in the cold radiance of scores of arc lights hidden among the trees. Westward with the Prince of Wales Do you know that you can make an arc light with two ordinary pencils? Common Science In his shirt front they's a diamond that looked like a young arc light, and he had enough gems on his hands to make J. P. Morgan gnash his teeth. Kid Scanlan A subterraneous Herculaneum—surely a perfectly unique place of pilgrimage, just as it was nearly two thousand years ago—might be lighted by electric arc lights. Italy, the Magic Land If you haven't enough sun-ray arcs in your hospital, put them under an ordinary arc light in the yard. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 An arc light had sprung into being, and—he stopped with a gasp. Mixed Faces So copper cannot be used for practical arc lights. Common Science Far up the avenue, on a corner where an arc light cast fitful shadows over the intersecting roadways, they stopped to catch a breeze straying up from the harbor. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage Now his palace is wired for electricity, and a great arc light illuminates the courtyard. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' As Jennie hurried along the shadowy streets—the arc light had not yet been invented—she had a sinking sense of fear; what was this rash thing she was about to do? Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Before she was through he had come to a pause beneath a sputtering arc light, and was interrupting her with short questions, his eyes ablaze with excitement. Counsel for the Defense For an arc light is placed in such a way that nothing can well come near it to catch fire. Common Science Long bright knives of light slithered across the wet pavement from the sharp arc lights on the Soochow bridge. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Out came the pedal, the gears engaged and the car shot ahead, beneath a swinging arc light. Rimrock Trail The illuminating flash will be made inside the lantern, where the arc light would ordinarily be placed. The Splash of a Drop The carriage passed under an arc light and Erma and Hester saw distinctly the features of the woman in the carriage. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life Regular arc lights are made exactly like this experimental one, except that the carbons used are much bigger and are made to stand the heat better than the small carbons in your pencil. Common Science And there’s an arc light at that corner. Crooked Trails and Straight But when the conning-tower shook with the thunder of our fore gun, the other reeled, and her arc light went out with a great flash. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea I am awfully interested, especially in the original problem—I believe I almost stumbled on the making of a successful arc light, without a regulating mechanism, a few days ago. The High Calling Under the arc lights along the pier the men of the night shift were rustling the last of the freight to the Empire's side. Lady Luck But copper melts when it becomes very hot, as you saw when you made an arc light with the copper wires. Common Science Electric Light.—Light produced by electricity and of two general kinds, the arc light and the incandescent light. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma They streamed out of refreshment rooms and entrance halls, their faces lit for a moment as they passed under successive arc lights, crowding round the carriage doors where their friends and relations gathered in leave-taking. The Long Trick The poor fellow seems to have lost his ambition since the affair of the arc light. The High Calling A little before the head of the parade reached the arc light under which the Wildcat and Dwindle Daniels had inaugurated their fish business, the Hindoo turned and raised his arms. Lady Luck If you hang a piece of zinc and a carbon, such as comes from an arc light, in some water, and then dissolve sal ammoniac in the water, you will have a battery. Common Science “I saw them when they ran under that arc light.” The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery At each corner of the laager there hung an arc light. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland But my problem is to find a way of making an electric arc light which will go without an expensive mechanism and be self-regulating without machinery. The High Calling The Turk looked through his teeth, and his eyes seemed to act like small arc lights, that were to show him where to cut dad, and dad began to turn pale, and looked scared. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 The leads of your two pencils are almost exactly like the carbons used in arc lights, except, of course, that they are much smaller. Common Science Now, however, electric lights are used on board all the first-class men-of-war, incandescent lamps being fitted for internal use, and arc lights for signalling and searching purposes. A Yacht Voyage Round England A little later she was at my side in the dim light cast by a flickering and distant arc light at the street. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive But nothing he had so far done would begin to compare with this new arc light. The High Calling The mountains and the bulk of the Elephant were black in the shadowy regions beyond the arc lights. Still Jim That is one reason why it is used for arc lights. Common Science The wind-driven rain still swept down the streets under the iridescent glows of the arc lights, my car still stood like a forlorn, forgotten thing in the gutter. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The little town was ready, its dark streets lighted here and there by flaring arc lights. Land of the Burnt Thigh And he ended his letter by saying that he was almost on the edge of discovery of the arc light, although it still eluded him. The High Calling They were a very splendid picture in the arc light, these forty young bucks with their flying hair and plunging ponies. Still Jim But naked arc lights are not usually placed so as to come within the line of sight, and when they do so accidentally, whatever may result, the injury to the eye is quite perceptible. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Everything seemed to sway in the galloping wind—the trees, the shrubs, the magnetic arc lights and even the luxurious iron and stone inclosures before the line of houses. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Six months more of experimenting resulted in the Brush arc light, and in 1879 the Brush Electric Company was organized. American Men of Mind The light was curious; it sputtered and flared like an old arc light, but came from a single black rod set in the wall of the p. 23 corridor. A Martian Odyssey An arc light glowed in front of the hall. Still Jim Each of these is worked in conjunction with eight or nine shaded films placed before the arc light. Nights in London I drew the curtain and saw that sheets of rain were still being blown slantwise across the foggy radiance of the arc lights. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Under the arc light in front of the Prouty House he found them doing the Indian "stomp" dance to the delight of the guests who were leaning from their windows to applaud. The Dude Wrangler Here she waited in the shadow of the fluttering violet arc light, with her eyes fastened to the silent, insensible windows. Miss Pat at School But they were scarcely out of the range of the arc light when a dark group ran hurriedly down from the mesa back of the town. Still Jim The terminals of a battery, or of any circuit; as, for instance, an arc light. Electricity for Boys Across the Old Town we meet the North Sea mist blowing up The Bridges, fighting high up with the tall arc lights. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Immediately, a hundred arc lights flashed on, lighting the level brighter than the noon sun, and a tremendously loud siren started wailing its warning to the whole countryside. The Stutterer The windows remained dark, and the only sounds on the quiet side street were the wind in the wet trees and the sizzle of the arc light above her head. Miss Pat at School A smile flitted across his clever face, and he stood looking at me for a moment under the glare of the great arc lights. A Master of Mysteries But all he did was to stand there with his mouth corners workin', and them black eyes of his winkin' like a pair of arc lights. Shorty McCabe Lucy held her wrist so that the rays of the arc light over the gate fell directly upon her watch. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore Except for the lone policeman who paused beneath the arc light at the Front Street intersection to make an entry in his patrol book, Bay Street was deserted. Every Man for Himself Far ahead there was an arc light burning on the corner of Meadow Street. The Corner House Girls at School White arc lights glared down at him from a high, arched ceiling. The Status Civilization Over on the boulevards, the arc lights twinkled sleepily, their long night vigil nearly finished. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The arc light was too far up the street to be of use to her in this. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore Essential of the invention of the arc light. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island The arc light at the corner of Main Street vied with a faint moon in illuminating the passages and corridors of the old Corner House. The Corner House Girls at School It was his own plant at the factory that made possible the town's three arc lights, and these had been continued by him at the factory's closing. Christmas A Story As they came together directly under the rays of the arc light, they could scarcely help recognizing each other. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College He leaned closer, and above his tall, narrow collar dull red flowed beneath the sallow, and his long white teeth and slick-brushed hair shone in the arc light. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story "Yes; we can make what is called the arc light; instead of the incandescent." The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island She lay wakefully, staring through her open window at the arc lights winking in parallel rows, listening to the ceaseless hum of man's activities. North of Fifty-Three Outside the factory, the blue arc light threw a thousand shadows on the great bulk of the building, but left naked in light the little office. Christmas A Story When the long parallel steel lines of the upper yards spread before us, flashing under the arc lights, we were away above yard speed. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Office blocks, with their rental space all contracted months in advance, were being rushed to completion by the aid of arc lights and double shifts. The Cow Puncher The arc light, on the other hand, depends on an entirely different thing. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island It's quite warm, with all those arc lights glowing, you know. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas Mrs. Bowers smoothed a mended sock and rolled it into a neat ball with its fellow by aid of an arc light which sizzled into sudden brilliance among the maples. The Henchman An arc light over the incline showed her clearly when she was half way up. Brigands of the Moon Great arc lights had been strung, so that a space of ground was as bright as day, and in the light hundreds of men were working. The Belgians to the Front That is what the invention of the arc light consisted in; to find a means whereby the current itself makes the adjustment necessary to furnish a steady, constant light. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island A person reading by candlelight would not complain that his vision was obscured if an arc light were substituted for the candle. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Supposing that it required a one-horse power to produce an arc light of, say, 2,000 candles, would it be possible to produce ten arc lights of 200 candles each? Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 He had powerful arc lights placed over the athletic field, and night after night tournaments were played off, company against company, regiment against regiment, until the closing hour of the canteen had passed. With Our Soldiers in France The collision occurred directly under the arc light. Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College How sickly they looked under the white glare of the arc lights that fizzled and sputtered overhead! From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine A. The dynamo is provided with shunt fields which build up the current regardless of the arc light. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads There are many points about the incandescent electric light that appear to make it preferable to the arc light for greenhouse use. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The shops are well lighted by large windows and skylights, and at night by enclosed arc lights. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment It is a more powerful and at the same time a softer light than is the electric incandescent or the arc light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 The apparatus which effects this transformation is essentially a gigantic arc light in a chimney through which a current of hot air is blown. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Q. Describe the passage of the current through the lamp and tell how arc light is formed? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads The old Square, filled with giant elms, was dotted with arc lights that threw an undulating light on the gray mass of the Capitol building. Lydia of the Pines For some persons the ideal arrangement would seem to be a searchlight at each corner of the room, with a few arc lights suspended from a mirrored ceiling. The Complete Home The M.G.'s were hammering away furiously last night, and the whole line was lovely with star shells hanging like arc lights in the air, and then dropping slowly to earth. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front But by the bringing of two carbon rods together, as in the electric arc light, we can get enough heat to volatilize the carbon at the tips, and this means over 7000 degrees Fahrenheit. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The arc light is used as source of illumination. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays When, far down the street, a man's figure came in range, she held her breath until it walked into and out of the circling glare of the arc light—not Maurice! The Vehement Flame The electric arc lights were sparsely scattered, but there was sufficient illumination for him to make out a fugitive figure just crossing the broad roadway towards the freight tracks. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent The arc light for out-of-doors lighting and the incandescent lamp for inside has modified all our previous ideas of illumination. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World It may be observed that an arc light presents the converse case to a motor. Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 Outdoors in the false, flickering day of the arc lights the crowd swarmed, on the curb, on the sidewalk, on the house steps. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls Thus the experiments with a naked light showed conclusively that "within range of an ordinary forcing house the naked arc light running continuously through the night is injurious to some plants." Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Lem Wacker's burly figure and white face were discernible against the direct flare of an arc light. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent It is a great thing to know the worst before one goes out, so that even the terrors of the arc lights before our theaters will be powerless to dismay us. The House in Good Taste Then he looked up at the arc light a little distance away. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Here and there a fragrant fruit tree gave forth its odor from snowy blossoms, and innumerable spring insects flocked to the arc lights at the corners. Buffalo Roost In the other they received the sunlight and in addition had the benefit of an arc light the whole or a part of the night. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Near by was a large box of anthracite coal, black and glistening in the rays of the arc light. With Links of Steel There is another plate of carbon, not precisely the same as that used for arc lights or ordinary batteries, but somewhat lighter in texture. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 The next moment it was as though an arc light of excitement had been switched on within his ample person. No. 13 Washington Square Or one may stand inside the store, on a kind of terrace, beneath pineapple shaped arc lights, looking down upon the bustle of women on the main floor. Shandygaff I endeavored repeatedly to fuse zirconia, placing it in a cup or arc light carbon as indicated in Fig. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency But it is the arc light, used as what is called a search light, that is most valuable in warfare. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 Though Brencherly had seen them under the wavering arc lights of Washington Square, he now gave each article the closest scrutiny. Out of the Ashes On the evening of the same day, Father Neri, at St. Ignatius College, displayed electric lighting for the first time in San Francisco, using three French arc lights. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment The sketch shows how a small arc light and motor may be connected to the light socket, A. The light is removed and a plug with wire connections is put in its place. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do At the last garage an arc light flared over the wide doorway. Starr, of the Desert It must have been the arc light over the entrance which shines in from the angle. The Reason Why And in the flickering rays of the arc light Waco scribbled on the back of the envelope and signed his name. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Under the first of the arc lights Julius took counsel with his watch. The Brown Study By connecting the motor, E, and the arc light, F, as shown, either one may be operated by turning switch B to the corresponding point. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do He turned back towards the goods yard of the Great Western Railway, wrenched up the standard of a tall arc light, a formidable mace for him, and flung it over his shoulder. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth It may be remarked that the same kind of burning is effected by the electric arc light, which is known to be very rich in these rays. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Brush invented his arc light and dynamo, the sole practical use made of electricity was in the field of telegraphy. A School History of the United States Four forms of arc light with special carbons. Edison, His Life and Inventions The arc light is easily made by fastening two electric light carbons in a wooden frame like that shown. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do As he stood directly beneath a brilliant arc light, waiting for a limousine that was approaching to pass him, he heard his name called in a sweet feminine voice. Return of Tarzan And they stopped under an arc light while Sam showed her the picture in his watch as is also the way of traveling men since time immemorial. Stories from Everybody's Magazine As he drew the rods apart, the arc light persisted until the tips had burnt away to the critical gap which extinguished the light. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view The gas manager did not like the arc light, but it interfered only with his street service, which was not his largest source of income by any means. Edison, His Life and Inventions After the murk of London it was queer to slip through garish stations with a hundred arc lights glowing, and to see long lines of lamps running to the horizon. Greenmantle The arc light, swinging above, revealed this figure as that of him she awaited. Penrod And they stopped under an arc light while Sam showed her the picture in his watch, as is also the way of traveling men since time immemorial. Buttered Side Down: Stories The arc lights were sputtering overhead, and high up were the lighted windows of the tall office buildings. Sister Carrie: a Novel Yet the very vogue of the electric arc light made harder the arrival of the incandescent. Edison, His Life and Inventions Lovers of the movies may well date a new screen era from the day those whimsical pantomimers set their wholesome and humane talent at the service of the arc light and the lens. The Haunted Bookshop She kept close to Third Avenue, something reassuring in the sidewalk gabble, the air of cheap carnival, the white arc lights over open fruit stands, and the percussive roar of Elevated trains. Star-Dust Nothing escaped his attention, and such furniture as the room boasted was minutely scrutinized, even the Cooper Hewitt lights and cylinder arc lights being switched on to assist in the examination. I Spy All these statements might lead to the conclusion that arc light wires are dangerous under any circumstances; but this is not the case. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Dismissing from his mind quickly the commercial impossibility of using arc lights for general indoor illumination, he arrived at the conclusion that an electric lamp giving light by incandescence was the solution of the problem. Edison, His Life and Inventions The modern arc lights are but pygmies, mere specks, compared with this; a leap of 1/3 or 1/4 inch constituting their maximum achievement. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 When he returned, after a generous fifteen minutes, the room was in darkness except for a thin veil of whiteness from the arc light in the street. Star-Dust "Is it true that arc lights have been installed at the United States navy yards and arsenals, which make them as light as day on the darkest night?" I Spy The pale electric lights shone upon its narrow streets and low houses; the spacious plaza with its arc lights was deserted; the belfry of a church rose into the heavens. The Quest For more than thirty years the arc light remained an expensive laboratory experiment; but the coming of the dynamo placed that illuminant on a commercial basis. Edison, His Life and Inventions Carbon is the material employed in the manufacture of arc light electrodes and other electrical appliances that must stand extreme heat. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon Night was day, white arc lights grilling into a vast black shed. Star-Dust High-power arc lights were strung along the roadway, and under their white glare Kathleen stole a glance at Miller. I Spy It is a current of from one to two thousand Volts—about the same as that used in maintaining the large arc lights. Steam, Steel and Electricity Once she faced the land, where the arc lights along the esplanade made blue holes in the black night. The Web of Life In and out, in and out, men and women hurried, and just beyond the kaleidoscope of the platforms moved and changed restlessly under the glaring arc lights. Back to Billabong In the yard, after the train pulled out, he saw his private car under a glaring arc light, and grinned to see it left behind. The Best American Humorous Short Stories Then he noticed that the arc lights in the street were wobbling curiously, and he fell to wondering why that single flame sparkled at the apex of the capitol dome. Elusive Isabel There are now in use in the United States some two million arc lights and nearly double that number of incandescent. Steam, Steel and Electricity Overhead big arc lights sputtered spitefully, so that the place was almost as bright as day. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front The great salvage steamer with the arc light went away, but others remained. The Lost Naval Papers The strings of brilliants that led from it were arc lights at switch crossings where the great railway lines rayed out. The Power and the Glory In front of the building a large arc light made the immediate vicinity as bright as day. The Winning of Barbara Worth With all theories and reasons well known, and all effects accurately calculated, upon this small arrangement depends the practical utility of the arc light. Steam, Steel and Electricity That a direct current arc light transforms a part of its energy into electric oscillations was shown by Firth and Rogers, of England, in 1893. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book The salvage steamer with her big arc lights glowing through the darkness had been the last artistic touch which brought complete conviction. The Lost Naval Papers It was brilliantly illuminated by a number of arc lights and offered a fine spot for landing. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings "Not exactly," admitted the tall youth, blushing all over his pink face, so that it was noticeable even under the ashen glare of the arc lights on the avenue that led towards camp. Three Soldiers Sometimes they fly around the arc light, but they can buzz close and not get their wings scorched. Tales of the Road One of the men recognized him in the arc light swinging over the street and blew a playful blast at him from one of the long horns. The Desired Woman The first of these is the arc light and the second the electric bulb. Writing for Vaudeville He was bound as certainly for the gambling joint as a moth would have headed toward one of the arc lights. Guy Garrick But the weight of the pack, as the column marched under arc lights glaring through the afterglow, inevitably forced his head to droop forward. Three Soldiers She had reached the street door, which now was open, and the flaming arc light in front of the house shone brightly on her. The Ear in the Wall The lawn stretched green and luscious down to the white pavement under the swinging arc light over the street. The Desired Woman One glance at the tense face in the flickering arc light was enough for Kennedy. The War Terror I had a keen sense of wickedness as I stood there with other loiterers watching the passing throng under the yellow flare of the flaming arc light. Guy Garrick Among the deep blue shadows lights were coming on, primrose-colored street lamps, violet arc lights, ruddy sheets of light poured out of shop windows. Three Soldiers I don't know about that flaming arc light in the middle of the room, but I think it will be all right. The Ear in the Wall In the bottom of the Mermaid were set a number of powerful electric arc lights with reflectors, constructed to throw the beams downward. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Instinctively the two chums turned from the broad stone steps into the left path that ran away from a brilliant arc light into Elm Shadows. Jane Allen, Junior Very powerful arc lights, equivalent to hundreds of thousands of candles, can be seen for 100 or 150 miles. The Story of Electricity Then he saw Jeanne advancing across the ash-grey pavement of the square, slim and black under the arc lights. Three Soldiers That's connected to the arc light circuit--it carries over a thousand volts. Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune An electric arc light in the ceiling of the corridor shone brightly upon his table. Rolling Stones Call it the effect of the arc light, if you like; he was hurrying, certainly, and it struck me that it was because he was anxious to get away. The Gates of Chance The white plume tossed, and the quartet danced like midges around an arc light down the frolicsome way. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Now, such a tableau as Jimmy and his new acquaintance formed cannot be staged at the corner of Randolph and La Salle beneath an arc light, even at midnight, without attracting attention. The Efficiency Expert "One dollar in bird-seed," he mused grimly, counting the coins under the violet glare of a neighboring arc light. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course The drizzle had accumulated upon the street; puddles of it among the stones received the fire of the arc lights, and returned it, shattered into a myriad liquid spangles. Rolling Stones Perhaps the choice I made may seem inevitable, but what if you had seen Bingham's face as I did, with the arc light full upon it? The Gates of Chance The arc light as a practical illuminating device came in 1878. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest "Arthur's never so happy as when he's out with Red in the Green Imp," Winifred said to her guest as the roadster shot away under the elms which drooped beneath the arc light. Red Pepper Burns I do not know if there was a moon, but there was the urban substitute for it—the arc light. The Man in Lower Ten There were several arc lights burning, but even these only furnished a dim illumination for the whole yard. Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Down below, in the Street of Seven Stars, the arc lights swung in the wind. The Street of Seven Stars The first Brush lights used for street illumination were erected in Cleveland, Ohio, and soon the use of arc lights became general. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest |
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