The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-23 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, MAY 23rd, 1885

TRIUMPHS OF INYENTIONtS,

MINT a holiday maker will mingle rect eation
thi-1 Whitsuntide with the attainment of a
wider knowledge of the wondrous construe-
tione of man's ingenuity. The International
Inventions Exhibition, now being held at
South Kensington, has brought together
within its ample area such a rare show of
what deft fingers and subtle brains can
fashion as would amaze even faeseeing
Mother Ship.. on, could that reputed prognos-
.ticato.. of seemingly impossible accomplish-
ments visit London to-day. Inventions more
marvellous than any dreamt of in ker
pittiosophy crowd each other close on this
great g Lt!iering ground of the triumphs of
nmete nth century skill. Not only can the
sightseer behold the carriages which the wise
woman of the north foretold would go with
out -horses, but he or she may gaze upon the
swift speeding though steedless vehicle in
the perfection of luxuriant appointment.
We have magnificent locomotives with
splendid saloons, lighted by luminous paint.
A contrivance which prevents the possibility
of opening the doors so long as the carriages
are in motion, bids fair to render cbsolete
the little heeded but omnipresent warning
legend, "wait until the train stops:: Then
there is an automatic arrangement for
attaching to the cars which points out to the
traveller the name of the next stopping place.
If universally adopted, what a boon this
be. No more straining -of the eyes to catch
an indistinctly painted station's name on a
cloudy lamp glass or out-of-the-way boatel
no more 'puzzled attempts to interpret the
- unintelligible language of the officials whose
pleasant duty it is to iterate loudly and
rapidly some stran ;elve ounded word as
widely different as possible from the passen-
errs' pronunciation of the appellation of tie
theen or viilege at wiiieh the train is haltinfe.
• Ve-T. we heve an instrument for couplito
_ carrages without eetting down on the 'zee]..
and !al manner of other improvements fo
securing the comfort and safety of passenger:
and reaiiwey servants. There is a noiseless-
and_ smekeles.e steam street tramway locom
tire,
.and tricycles for one-legged ride' s.
Ladies, too, may see machines of this populet
sort made for their peculiar use, with elasti(
spoked-wheels, which obviate the disagree-
able vibration which has hitherto proved se
objectionable, and what is more, a mode
dress for their wearing when lightly career-
ing on the .oycle along the Queen's highway.
Invention has also adapted for our fair friend:
'all the- accessories of the manly game of
cricket; and a drawing-room skittle alley
invites the attention of the sportively incline('
among, our sisters and cousins and aunts.
Even the blind are initiated into the myste -
ice Of card playing, and those of the sightles:s
who eschew whist and yet love music cal:
now be instructed not only to acquire the
mastery of either notation, but to teach th:
harmonious art to others who, more fortunate
than themselves, have eyes to sec. And
whet a world of wonders in every conceivabli
kind of instrument for making sweet mnsi(
is presented, from the most complicated and
colossal organ down to the tiniest pipe and
simplest concertina. Science has pressee.
into service the restless waves which ersi
have by their motion but exposed the voyttoet
• to the direful pains of mat de mere. erw
the ship owner is furnished with apparatus
for turning the rcllingand pitching to account
as means of propulsion. The ingenious
improvements in all things pertaining te
nalwation are almost, indeed, overwhelming
in number and 'variety. The terrors of fire.
are 'lessened by a new window escape, render-
ing the inmates of &burning building indt
pendent of external assistance; and we have
safety litmpi and breathing dress for colliers.
eqnipped With which the miner may pene-
trate without, dangar workings charged fuL
Of coke damp. . Agrieultnre, of course,
has its scientifically-deeigned machinery o
the latest forms in full force, notably some
novel silos.. - And the hen-wife will he in-
terested 'in a system which is in active opera-
tion' for the prevention of chicken mortality,
while the thodel. dairy and the mechanic&
contrivance for separating cream from milk
are also attractive exhibits. Our milkmen
friends of the town may learn something
from the former; though it is questionable
whether their - further education in the
manufacture of skim milk will be deemed
desirable by the consumer. Printing and
its 'kindled arts, with the complex alliec
subjects of the marvellous perfected working.
machinery and its stages of construction.
are all fully represented. The visitor car
look, on while a queer-looking little machine
turns out railway tickets. with surprising
rapidity, or admiringly witness colour print-
ing of the highest .artistic excellence in-pro-
gresi. 'Tne "whole art of book-making is
indeed
.exposed,' from the wood-pulp and
esparto grass and now rarer rags, and all the
other products, not omitting the "printer's
copy," Which furnish the indispensable first
materiel., to the finished volume in its
gorgeous binding worthy of a Groeier. The
gold-beater hammers out within view the
precious metal to the thinness of the three,
hundred-thousandth part of an inch; and
watchmaking. and jewellery manufacture
extraordinary progress with rapidity. The
yet far from fpllf known-capabilities of the
electric current, the light and force of the
futtare, have an exemplification which is as
truly wonderfnk as it Is unparalleled in corn-
- pletenesi in' the International Exhibition.
Strangely popular, too, considering their
terrible uses, are the munitions of war, with
invention is ever busily occupied.
Quite a little armoury of patented means to
the ere.' of rlqiiBl3ll4liter, including torpe-
does tt ie deadliest design, and an automatic
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gun watch goes on firing shot after shot,
gastlaerinoe power for a new explosion from
each !iacceeding shock, occupies this depart-
ment. Prime movers for all uses, and every
manitf urturt, one ean think of, whether
Ena'l h or foreign; seem to be set out in
anise' due for observation, and that in their
most perfected form, at the Inventions Ex-
hibitiDo. Doubtless the enrn'nuttlity will
bene it from the Wider applieation of in-
name -alde ina•eniona inventions which is sure
-to foil b../ as the result of the Exhibition, and
invention i t self will b..: stimnlateel to yet
grimler*cliievements ; whilemany t housands
Of visitors
will also find entertanamentmaonsdt
deliAht, as we 1 as instruction in its
attradtive form, in inspecting what has been
brought t.;ret her "by the managing council.

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