Arc lamp

English: An arc lamp is the general term for a class of lamps that produce light by an electric arc (or voltaic arc).

Deutsch: Die Bogenlampe ist eine technische Anwendung eines Lichtbogens zur Erzeugung von Licht.

Pictures

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  An arc lamp
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  An arc lamp during ignition
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  An arc lamp during ignition
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  The arc of an arc lamp
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  The arc of an arc lamp
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  The arc of an arc lamp
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  The arc in an arc lamp trough a filter
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  The arc in an arc lamp trough a filter
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  Afterglowing of the electrodes
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  Afterglowing of the electrodes
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  Afterglowing of the electrodes
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  Film-Scheinwerfer

Xenon arc lamps

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  An arc lamp for IMAX
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  A xenon arc lamp in use
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  A Modular Power Supply forXenon Short-Arc Lamp
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  A Series-Injection Igniter used to start 150 Watt Short-Arc Lamps.
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  A Lamp House from a medium size movie theatre projector, with a 1KW Xenon short-arc lamp installed.

Drawings

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  Self-regulating arc lamp (by William Edwards Staite and William Petrie; 1847)
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  spectrum of an arc lamp
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  People observing change of electrodes at a street lamp