Visible Radiation from the Neon Hot Cathode Arc

The neon arc is considered in this paper largely as a supplementary light to go with the mercury arc. There are points of sharp contrast between these two arcs, and while not enough data are available to give anything like a complete summary of the neon arc, the known facts all indicate that it has great possibilities as a complementary unit to the mercury arc in the particular photographic applications in which this Society is interested. The data here given cover briefly the fundamental characteristics of the hot cathode and the general construction of the lamp, with a brief description of its color, photometric Characteristics, electrical characteristics, and of the engineering possibilities of a combination of the two arcs.

Print ISSN

0096-6460

Published

1928-09

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J00762