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The energy crises of the 1970s inspired inventors to try novel ideas for new light bulbs. One of the more unusual designs emerged from the drawing board of Manhattan Project veteran Leo Gross.

An early carbon arc lamp using two flat plates instead of the more common design using two rods. Touching the plates and then retracting them slightly initiates the arc as usual. The arc travels ...

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. An arc light, or arc lamp, is a source of illumination created when ...