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Meanings of high voltage traveling arc in English

Device for producing a continuous train of large sparks that rise upwards.

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Examples for "jacob's ladder"
Examples for "jacob's ladder"
1
Jacob's ladder was fastened a little below the doorway of the beacon.
The Lighthouse
2
Then they had her to a place, and showed her Jacob's ladder.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
3
It is a Jacob's ladder,-orwill be in one moment more.
The Vicar's Daughter
4
Her Jacob's ladder, her stepping-stone to her hopes, lay overturned in a corner.
Balcony Stories
5
The omnibus took our traps, whilst we walked up Jacob's Ladder.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891