Arc lamp Arc lamp An arc lamp or arc light is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc (also called a voltaic arc). The carbon arc light, which consists of an arc between carbon electrodes in air, invented by Humphry Davy in the first decade of the 1800s, was the first practical electric light. It was widely used starting in the 1870s for street and large building lighting until it was superseded by the incandescent light in the early 20th century. It continued in use in more specialized applications where a high intensity point light source was needed, such as
S. Isadore Miner Woman's Council, by which she was chosen one of its delegates to the National Woman's Council. By 1904, she was converting women's social clubs into civic reform organizations. In 1900, she married William Allen Callaway. She died in Dallas, Texas, August 10, 1916, and was buried at Restland Memorial Park in that city. S. Isadore Miner S. Isadore Miner (September 25, 1863 – August 10, 1916), also known by the pen name Pauline Periwinkle, was an American journalist, poet, teacher, and feminist. She served as the first corresponding secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association and was a staff member