10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCURY ARC»
Discover the use of
mercury arc in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mercury arc and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Study of the
Mercury Arc
The mercury arc is an arc between a mercury cathode and an anode of any
material that will not amalgamate. Mercury, carbon, and iron are the materials
most commonly used for the anode. When the arc is in operation, the containing
vessel ...
Brooks Lawson Conley, 1920
2
Electrical Machinees 3E
Explain the principle and working of mercury arc rectifier. > Explain the principle
and working of synchronous converter. > Explain the principle and working of
selenium rectifier. > Explain the principle and working of thyristor. > Draw the ...
3
Electric Railways 1880-1990
The mercury-arc rectifier was first used as a means of rectifying part of the power
supplied, sharing substations with the older, larger rotating devices. The first
extensive use of mercury-arc rectifiers was in the 1920s and 1930s, in the USA, ...
Michael C. Duffy, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2003
4
Incandescent and
Arc Lighting: Electric-railway Station ...
Rectifier, Connections of mercury-arc, §53, pp23, 26. Construction of mercury-arc
, §53, p29. General Electric mercury-arc, §53, p22. Starting mercury-arc, §53, p27
. Theory of mercury-arc, §53, p5. Voltage transformation of mercury-arc, §53.
5
The Electrical World and Engineer
This difficulty was overcome by a very ingenious device developed by Dr.
Weintraub, of the Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company, which
permits starting the mercury arc by means of a small auxiliary arc without any
increase of ...
6
Handbook for Electrical Engineers: A Reference Book for ...
The large output of actinic radiation from mercury-arc lamps gives them special
advantages in the fields of photography and blue-printing. The large ultra-violet
radiation from quartz-tube lamps not inclosed in glass may be utilized in a wide ...
Harold Pender, William Arthur Del Mar, 1922
7
Electrical Power Systems: Design and Analysis
The vacuum and vapor or gas-filled tubes with thermionic cathodes, mercury-arc
tubes with mercury-pool cathode, and solid-state devices (thyristors) give typical
valve characteristics. The mercury-arc rectifier is a steel vessel that is evacuated
...
... amount varying but being especially marked in the case of the no-volt lamp.
The use of a tungsten anode eliminates the blacking of the tube while in use. The
quartz-tube mercury-arc lamp has important advantages over the mercury-vapor
...
9
Good Lighting and the Illuminating Engineer
ance. In street lighting, the lighting of parks and suburbs, as well as of factories,
drafting rooms and similar places, the lamp seems to be very suitable. The
mercury arc lamp is essentially a direct current lamp. An alternating current lamp
was ...
10
The Electrical Journal
Structure of the Mercury Arc. — The structure of the mercury arc varies with the
conditions, such as temperature, pressure of the mercury vapour, &c. In general,
we can distinguish (1) a homo geneous part, beginning at the anode and ending
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCURY ARC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mercury arc is used in the context of the following news items.
Campbeltown Picture House gets Heritage Lottery Fund green light …
'Our next quest is to seek additional funds to restore our rare Mercury Arc Rectifier. “What on earth is that”, I hear people saying – so, read on. «For Argyll, May 15»
AEG's Voyager Pro LED makes its European début at FESPA 2015
With a choice of LED or mercury arc curing capabilities, the AEG Voyager Pro's Xaar 1002 industrial print-heads provide robust consistency to satisfy the most ... «Wide Format Online, May 15»
Scientists Use Microstereolithography 3D Printing to Repair …
The solution was then spun-coated and irradiated using a mercury arc lamp ultraviolet light source. Mouse hybrid neuronal cells were ... «3DPrint.com, Feb 15»
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY/QUANTITATIVE IMAGING: A …
In the cabinets, you may find mercury arc or metal halide lamps, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), or lasers. And on the workbench, of course, is the ... «BioOptics World, Jan 15»
Mission Ignition: let's turn electricity museum into science hub
The museum has a unique collection of exhibits from a Bellis and Morcom generator to a mercury arc rectifier. “It's an absolutely unique ... «Bournemouth Echo, Dec 14»
Improving Safety Using Raman Spectroscopy
The mercury arc became the main light source, initially with photographic detection and then with spectrophotometric detection. With the advent ... «Azom.com, Nov 14»
Electric Cars: They're Just History Repeating Itself a Little Bit, Right?
By passing enough power through it you can generate a mercury arc and some characteristics of both mercury and that arc mean it rectifies ... «Transport Evolved, Oct 14»
Work to relocate mercury arc rectifier is progressing
Work to preserve the Manx Electric Railway's last mercury arc rectifier is progressing surely but slowly according to the team of volunteers ... «Isle of Man Today, Oct 14»
EFI Unveils 5-Meter VUTEk Pro Printer with LED Imaging, New …
... wide-format printers with LED curing show energy reductions of up to 82% when compared with devices that use conventional mercury arc ... «Printing Impressions, Jul 14»
Door opens on a power trip that has kept Melbourne buzzing for …
At Russell Place the crowd puller is a rare mercury arc rectifier that from 1950 to 2005 changed AC current to DC current – ''a giant glass bulb ... «The Age, Jul 14»
