arc light
Example Sentences
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The whole scene had a peculiar hue as if illuminated by an arc light.
From Time Magazine Archive
When hydrogen is squirted through a tungsten arc light, hydrogen molecules explode into hydrogen atoms.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Russian, Paul Jablochkov, invented the arc light in 1876; Thomas Edison the incandescent light in 1879.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of going through a radio bulb, they go through an arc light whose brilliancies they modify according to the varying transparencies of the sending film.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a garbage can under an arc light I found a clean corrugated paper carton and packed my city clothes.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
