Well, I did everything in my power to stop it from happening. All my neighbors put their snowblowers and shovels away, people pulled out their driveway stakes, and even my own wife took her hat ...

Invented by Humphrey Davy in the early 19th century, arc lamps were developed in France until 1878 when R E B Crompton started to manufacture an improved version at his Arc Works in Chelmsford.