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An old engraving of an early example of an electric light. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. English chemist Humphry Davy developed the first incandescent light in
![Sir Humphrey Davy Was Able To Build The Worlds First Arc Lamp In 1807 His Device Used A Battery Of 2000 Cells To Create A 100mm Arc Between Two Charcoal Sticks Stock Sir Humphrey Davy Was Able To Build The Worlds First Arc Lamp In 1807 His Device Used A Battery Of 2000 Cells To Create A 100mm Arc Between Two Charcoal Sticks Stock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/974721472/vector/sir-humphrey-davy-was-able-to-build-the-worlds-first-arc-lamp-in-1807-his-device-used-a.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=ikvXbo7Os3KYbfrBkwGFFTlc0Au8c4odZU-nShfOo6U=)
Sir Humphrey Davy Was Able To Build The Worlds First Arc Lamp In 1807 His Device Used A Battery Of 2000 Cells To Create A 100mm Arc Between Two Charcoal Sticks Stock
![Sir Humphry Davy and the coal miners of the world: a commentary on Davy (1816) 'An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines' Sir Humphry Davy and the coal miners of the world: a commentary on Davy (1816) 'An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines'](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/cms/asset/d118b363-65d5-4b44-a02b-41f7478f765c/rsta20140288f01.jpg)
Sir Humphry Davy and the coal miners of the world: a commentary on Davy (1816) 'An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines'
![The carbon arc light, which consists of an electric arc between carbon electrodes in air, invented by Humphry Davy in the first decade of the 1800s, was the first practical electric light. : The carbon arc light, which consists of an electric arc between carbon electrodes in air, invented by Humphry Davy in the first decade of the 1800s, was the first practical electric light. :](https://external-preview.redd.it/2zhqc6kkK-f9JKPzED49kS0zDpmtT7cRnaYyYqrk8uE.jpg?auto=webp&s=34ca457a843b0f1a1e9b44f524dc5952821410bf)