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Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 16, Issue: 6, June 1931)
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The Mercury Arc as a Source of Intermittent Light

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SMPTE
Doc Type
Journal Article
Article Type
research-article
Abstract
The possibility of using intense intermittent light for motion pictures and special photography is discussed. Physical limitations of sources of intermittent illumination are reviewed. The characteristics of the mercury-arc thyratron which give it advantages as an intermittent light source are enumerated, viz., (1) the light is photographically actinic; (2) the duration of a light flash can be made less than ten microseconds; (3) the light intensity is high; (4) the frequency of flash is easily and accurately controlled by means of a grid. An example of the use of intense intermittent light is given, showing how stroboscopic motion pictures of the angular transients of synchronous motors are taken.
Publication Date
1931-06-01
DOI
10.5594/J08046
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https://doi.org/10.5594/J08046
Author(s)
Harold E. Edgerton
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Harold E. Edgerton; The Mercury Arc as a Source of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 16, Issue: 6, June 1931); SMPTE, 1931. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J08046
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Harold E. Edgerton; The Mercury Arc as a Source of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 16, Issue: 6, June 1931); SMPTE, 1931
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