Yablochkov

Japanese: ヤブロチコフ

1847‐94
Russian electrical engineer. He invented the arc lamp, which was called the "electric candle," and was active in France. Born in Saratov Province, he studied at a military academy in St. Petersburg and served as telegraph chief on the Moscow-Kursk Railway. He resigned from his post in 1875 to devote himself to research into arc lamps, and the following year published "The Electric Candle." The "electric candle" had kaolin sandwiched between the anode and cathode, and did not require a complex regulator. Arc lamps were too bright for indoor lighting, so there was a demand for more refined electric light.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1847‐94
ロシアの電気技術者。〈電気ろうそく〉と呼ばれたアーク灯を発明し，フランスで活躍した。サラトフ県に生まれ，ペテルブルグの軍学校で学び，モスクワ～クルスク鉄道の電信主任をつとめた。アーク灯の研究に専心すべく1875年に辞職し，翌年〈電気ろうそく〉を発表した。〈電気ろうそく〉は，陽極，陰極間にカオリンをはさんであり，複雑なレギュレーターが不要であった。アーク灯は室内照明用には光が強すぎるので，電気光の細分化が求められていた。

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