Electric Lighting and Its Practical Application: With Results from Existing ExamplesHardwicke & Bogue, 1879 - 108 pages |
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... ordinary period of illu- mination without the necessity of a fresh supply of car- bons . In one of these regulators , the travel of the carbons D is effected by means of two endless screws with threads LAMPS AND REGULATORS . 33.
... ordinary period of illu- mination without the necessity of a fresh supply of car- bons . In one of these regulators , the travel of the carbons D is effected by means of two endless screws with threads LAMPS AND REGULATORS . 33.
Page 37
... ordinary carbon in sticks . This want of homogeneity in the com- position of the carbons adds still more to the oscillatory nature of the light , which is allowed unrestrained to travel to and fro along the carbon edges . Lamps working ...
... ordinary carbon in sticks . This want of homogeneity in the com- position of the carbons adds still more to the oscillatory nature of the light , which is allowed unrestrained to travel to and fro along the carbon edges . Lamps working ...
Page 41
... mechanism in use in the ordinary regulator ( such as in the Serrin lamp ) , in order to keep the carbon points sufficiently near to one another to allow of the voltaic arc being properly formed LAMPS AND REGULATORS . 41.
... mechanism in use in the ordinary regulator ( such as in the Serrin lamp ) , in order to keep the carbon points sufficiently near to one another to allow of the voltaic arc being properly formed LAMPS AND REGULATORS . 41.
Page 42
... ordinary arrangement of the carbon points opposite to one another , would all be utilized in augmenting the intensity of the voltaic arc . Should the light , however , through any irregularity in the current , be extinguished after it ...
... ordinary arrangement of the carbon points opposite to one another , would all be utilized in augmenting the intensity of the voltaic arc . Should the light , however , through any irregularity in the current , be extinguished after it ...
Page 47
... ordinary illumination are , with regulators such as those of Serrin , of Siemens , and of Lontin , from to inch in diameter ; while with the Rapieff , the carbons are about inch thick ; the Werder- mann taking about and the Reynier as ...
... ordinary illumination are , with regulators such as those of Serrin , of Siemens , and of Lontin , from to inch in diameter ; while with the Rapieff , the carbons are about inch thick ; the Werder- mann taking about and the Reynier as ...
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Allard alternate current application of electric armature arrangement augmented Avenue de l'Opéra average BRITISH carbon points carbon rod carbon-holder circuit Coloured Plates combustion considerable cost Crown 8vo Demy 8vo direction disc Douglass Edition electric current electric illumination electric light electric machine electro-magnet electrodes engine power expenses experiments Fcap France Railway gas jets globe Gramme machine Holmes horizontal horse-power nominal illuminating power incandescent inches induction coil J. E. TAYLOR Jablochkoff candles light per hour light produced lighthouse London Lontin luminous intensity luminous point magneto-electric magnets means Meritens motor power NATURAL HISTORY Northern of France number of lights output Paris photometer placed vertically portion practice R. A. PROCTOR Rapieff reduced price regulator result revolutions per minute Serrin lamp shed Siemens Siemens machine single single-light Gramme single-light machines South Foreland standard candles station steam super-royal 8vo supplied Thames Embankment tion Trinity House Vols voltaic arc wire Woodcuts yards
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