Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Weekly Vocab



1. Flash Lamp: lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full-spectrum white light for very short durations, primarily used in photography to illuminate a dark setting



2. Arc Lamp: lamp that produces light by an electric arc (also called a voltaic arc); originally made of carbon but now primarily made of tungsten and used as a basic flash

3. Yablochov candle:  type of electric carbon arc lamp, invented in 1876 by Pavel Yablochkov

4. Triptych: A work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels, usually hinged together and foldable

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