arc light
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Charles Francis Brush, inventor and practical developer of the electric arc light and the storage battery.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole scene had a peculiar hue as if illuminated by an arc light.
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
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.
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
