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The Arc-Light
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The Arc-Light

  • JOSEPH McGRATH1 

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WOULD you or any of your readers kindly tell me where I may find an account of any of the latest methods of determining the back E. M. F. of the arc-light?

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McGRATH, J. The Arc-Light. Nature 41, 154 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/041154c0

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