arc light
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Charles Francis Brush, 80, famed scientist, inventor of an arc light and storage battery, lately appointed national chairman of a campaign for a $2,250,000 endowment fund by the American Philosophical Society; in Cleveland.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cylinders were designed so that every passing air particle swirled within 3 in. of a germ-killing arc light.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole scene had a peculiar hue as if illuminated by an arc light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cleveland, reporters listened to the low, kindly voice of a long-beloved citizen�Charles Francis Brush, 79, six feet tall, big of frame, bushy of eyebrows, world-famed physicist, inventor of the arc light.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a garbage can under an arc light I found a clean corrugated paper carton and packed my city clothes.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
