The sky was enormous, the sun arc-lamp white and low over the hills. ❋ Stephen O’Connor (2010)
She was walking past, and in the light from the corner arc-lamp she quickly inspected the porch, the windows. ❋ Unknown (2004)
After the third, sunlike, slash of fire, the lightnings rained on the tumbled buildings of Envaryl so quickly that a garish arc-lamp illumination lit the hills, casting strange, elongated shadows, shadows that shifted instantaneously, fluctuated. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)
The parabolic mirror out on the hull was aimed at the gleaming arc-lamp of Venus, only ten million kilometers away and moving on an almost parallel path. ❋ Clarke, Arthur C. (1990)
Out of doors, at the end of the quay beyond the harbour station, which was deserted and lit only by a single arc-lamp, Maigret caught sight of a blur of violet light on the wet pavement and remembered a certain dance-hall that had been mentioned. ❋ Simenon, Georges (1977)
Among points which glowed arc-lamp blue-white with the Doppler shift, the alien ship showed as a dull red disk. ❋ Niven, Larry (1975)
Under the cover of a heavy tarpaulin -- momentarily unnecessary because of the cessation of the snow -- a dungareed figure, possibly the pilot, worked on the helicopter engine with the aid of a small but powerful arc-lamp. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922- (1967)
And the brightest light of all came from an arc-lamp that had been rigged above the helicopter and under the temporary protection of a stretched tarpaulin. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922- (1967)
He started walking slowly, only to stop outside the garage where, in the bright light of an arc-lamp, a mechanic in overalls was changing a wheel on a motor-car. ❋ Simenon, Georges, 1903- (1963)
The electric glow-lamp, and the most popular and economical modern enclosed electric arc-lamp, sterilise only the much smaller volume of air which is brought into direct contact with their glass bulbs. ❋ W. J. Atkinson Butterfield (N/A)
The night was clear, and the arc-lamp at the corner threw an intermittent glare down the street. ❋ Merwin-Webster (N/A)
Across the street a sort of bubbling explosion, followed by a jerky glare that shot athwart the room, announced the lighting of the big arc-lamp on the opposite side-walk. ❋ Unknown (1928)
The light of the arc-lamp, falling on the shoulder-straps of his uniform great-coat, indicated his rank, which was that of Lieutenant-Commander. ❋ 1886-1967 Bartimeus (1926)
Opposite, a single arc-lamp on the corner of Cypress Street cast a white, cheerless light on the gelid pavement. ❋ Octavus Roy Cohen (1925)
I should like to know of any great arc-lamp which could do that. ❋ Unknown (1921)
At one moment a great arc-lamp burning above the Lavender Pond of the Surrey Commercial Dock shot out a yellowish light across the Thames. ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)
A constable standing at the corner of Conduit Street touched his helmet as Kerry passed and the light of an arc-lamp revealed the fierce red face. ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)
There was a certain amount of light from the arc-lamp in the street, and he saw that it was a small room with two beds in it, end to end; there was a washing-stand and one chair, but they left little space for anyone to move in. ❋ Unknown (1919)
