Cylindrical carbons for arc lights
Date
1886
Creator
James Nicholas Douglass (1826 - 1898, British) , Civil engineer
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Dimensions
height (painting): 327mm
width (painting): 202mm
width (painting): 202mm
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Description
Engineering drawings: elevations and sectional studies of cylindrical carbons for electric arc lights, the elevation showing the electric arc in red.
Plate 2 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On fluted craterless carbons for arc lighting’, by James N. Douglass, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.40 (1886), pp.500-502. This illustration was not used in the published paper. Headed in ink: ‘Cylindrical Carbons 50mm. diameter (1/3 Full Size)’.
Sir James Nicholas Douglass (1826-1898), civil engineer and lighthouse builder was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887.
Plate 2 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On fluted craterless carbons for arc lighting’, by James N. Douglass, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.40 (1886), pp.500-502. This illustration was not used in the published paper. Headed in ink: ‘Cylindrical Carbons 50mm. diameter (1/3 Full Size)’.
Sir James Nicholas Douglass (1826-1898), civil engineer and lighthouse builder was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887.
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