Tour EL: Module 2: The Carbon Arc Lamp (1800)
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1. The Arc Lamp was first used in city street lighting in _____.
a.) Cleveland
b.) Frankfurt
c.) New York
d.) Paris

2. Which inventor from Connecticut increased the life of the carbon rod by coating it in copper.
a.) Brush
b.) Wallace
c.) Yablochkov
d.) Davy

3. True or False: The incandescent lamp was 200 times brighter than the arc lamp.
a.) True b.) False

4. True or False: The arc lamp requires a ballast or choke coil to regulate incoming power.
a.) True b.) False

5. Arc lamps were used in street lighting until the 1960s in ________.
a.) Warsaw
b.) Athens
c.) London
d.) Cape Town

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