arc light
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The fluctuating arc light shines through a perforated, rotating disk upon a ground glass screen and the spectators on the other side of the screen can see their pictures.
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When hydrogen is squirted through a tungsten arc light, hydrogen molecules explode into hydrogen atoms.
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Cleveland, reporters listened to the low, kindly voice of a long-beloved citizen�Charles Francis Brush, 79, six feet tall, big of frame, bushy of eyebrows, world-famed physicist, inventor of the arc light.
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When the current is switched on, an arc light springs from the filament, takes on a red glow from the neon gas, then a yellow glow from the evaporation of the filament.
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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
