Apr 13, 2016
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Carbon arc light.
Arc lamps manufactured by Brush Electric Company, 1881.
Street illuminated by Charles Brush's arc lighting system, circa 1880s.
Humphry Davy, English chemist who made important early demonstrations of arc lighting in 1809, discovered several alkali and alkaline metals, and invented a lamp in 1815 that allowed miners to work in the presence of flammable gasses.
R.E.B. Compton's arc lighting apparatus, circa late 1870s.
Lighting the Eiffel Tower with Arc Projectors