  | Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov
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Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov
1847-1894
An electrical engineer, the inventor of the Yablochkov candle (a type of electric carbon arc lamp) |
He developed and introduced the system of electric lighting on a single-phase alternating current (“Russian light”), which was demonstrated at the World exhibition in Paris in 1878 and was extremely successful. Some French, English, and American businessmen even set up companies at home for its commercial exploitation. |
