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An arc lamp is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc. The carbon arc light, which consists of an arc between carbon electrodes in air, invented by Humphry Davy in the early 1800s, was the first practical electric light.

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A carbon arc lamp is a specific kind of arc lamp where the electrodes are carbon rods and the gas used between the rods is air. Follow the link below if you don't know what a general arc lamp is.

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