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An arc lamp or arc light is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc (also called a voltaic arc). The carbon arc light, which consists of an arc between carbon electrodes in air, invented by Humphry Davy in the first decade of the 1800s, was the first practical electric light .
Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination. The beacon is situated on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated on the Eastern end on the plateau of the mountain, roughly 3km from the Cable Car Station. [1]
An electric arc between two nails. An electric arc (or arc discharge) is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces a prolonged electrical discharge. The current through a normally nonconductive medium such as air produces a plasma, which may produce visible light. An arc discharge is initiated either by thermionic emission or by field ...
The MIX-r is a DIN rail-mounted expansion card designed specifically for the ARC system, allowing for DMX-based scenes and lighting control within the ARC universe. DMX is a standard for digital communication networks commonly used in stage lighting and effects, offering precise control and synchronization of lighting systems.
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Sylvania Lighting (formerly Feilo Sylvania [1]), Havells-Sylvania, and SLI (Sylvania Lighting International), is an international designer and manufacturer of lighting products, trading as Sylvania. It has plants throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and Central and South America, and is one of the few lighting companies that produces both ...
The late 1870s and early 1880s saw the introduction of arc-lamp lighting used outdoors or in large indoor spaces, such as this Brush Electric Company system installed in 1880 in New York City. Electric power distribution become necessary only in the 1880s, when electricity started being generated at power stations. Until then, electricity was ...
Kimberley, Cape Colony (modern South Africa), was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere and in Africa to have electric streetlights – with 16 first lit on 2 September 1882. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The system was only the second in the world, after that of Philadelphia , to be powered municipally.