Pavel Yablochkov

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What Wikipedia says

Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov (also transliterated as Jablochkoff; Russian: Павел Николаевич Яблочков; 14 September [O.S. 2 September] 1847 – 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1894) was a Russian electrical engineer, businessman and the inventor of the Yablochkov candle, a type of electric carbon arc lamp.

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