Excerpt from Western Electrician, Vol. 28: Every Saturday; January 5-June 29, 1901 In the art of electric lighting the century has closed with the passing of the open-arc lamp, and there is every indication that the series direct-cur rent arc lamp will soon practi'cally disappear. For indoor lighting the use of the multiple - arc lamp has become standard practice, and for street lighting the alternating arc is already best adapted to most conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.