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Arc lamps

Scope note

Electric lamps in which the current is made to traverse an air gap between two electrodes, usually of carbon. The air in the gap as well as the two electrodes become heated to a brilliant incandescence.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000182923

Equivalent Terms used

arc lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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