Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-01
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NEW ORLEANS. GAIYANIE BATE
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y The good citizens Of New Orleans, that
the Idle, the ~euriuds, aud those little dispose
TO think, have been tQt some weeks past, tn
subjects Of sihgllat eseiiamanta, and hav
!, displayed a spirit Of being easily guliui, IN
consistent with their tisual character. II t,a
, always been d matter Of pride to liz thu, eihii
the hutti Waa absolutely mad with the char
; llatt.attfHtts III ttffta %ft1upustEf aTid maiftebalE
with Mofnot1R and Mlleritea, Clairgeya,c,
4 and Galvanie batteries, the Houti has puf
sued the satire tenor Of It's way, untouched b,
such influences, and showing by her digni
fed conduct, that her population was TOO wei
educated, too intelllE eht, to be subIect to in,
ilnaiiens that should only affect The i%gnufant
We have all heard Of Colts substnafinn
battery, We all know that a committee Of some
sort connected with the GENERAL government.
were appointed to witness All exhibition Of
blowing up a vessel at sotna | me. IN some
place, somewhere, and that The thing wac
done, the vessel was shattered. :" The gov
efnment' was highly edited, returned 10
dadsby's, took d itlep, aid knew 10 much
about the matter az their furefatbef'e before
them. We also remember that the same
farce was enacted ii, New York hafbor, the
satna results obtained, aud the same amount
Ut eooa accomplished. II heena that New
Orleans 10 no longer 10 bear tie palm Of pos.
sessihg the most common sense she must
have her submarine explosions At "a tollaf a
ticket" and be Just as bigt and Just as i'm.
pvrtait, and Just az ridiculous dr. her Atlantic
sisters.
A Galvanie Battery ID dtia Of those beauti.
ful scientific Instruments that has been The
result Of the accidents, and The discoveries
Of science within The last fifty years. II waH
some where about 100, that Galyani. d pro.
lessor in the University Of Bologna, had come
dead frogs in his room near ain elaGtrifying
machine. Madame Galvani observed that
whenever The muscles Of tho frogs were
touched with the metallic wires, that they
made the cattle eonyulsiye movement. as when
the electricity was conveyed to them along
the wires this abe mentioned to her hus-
band, and thus was laid the foundation Of
Galvan.isin. To Volta OF Italy. the world ia
indebted for improvements which are now in
lse-io him we are indebted for the voltaio
pie or the g~alvanie battery. az it ls now ge-
nerally termed.
The effects Of gHlyaniam are all we know
about it why IL ID produced by the machine,
or tehat il is cannot be decided, and philo.
sophers with more nodesty than is usual
with them, rest ut the details Of is visible dis
plays, and eeem not even to speculate
upoi, IT'D qualities, II a person takes d piece
Of zinc, and q piece Of sivef money aud places
one upon the lower and the other upon the
upper part of The tongue. and then touches the
two edges Of the metals together, n galyanic
shock will BIO prBddradA@a galfahic pile is
merely n series Of these zinc and silver plates
arranged 10 produce mo 70 power, and be more
applicable 10 scientific purposes. As in a
pile the two metals must he touched
az they are when placed on the ,
,eires arc used to accomplish this puf.
rose, and Il person taking orc wire in one
hand. and the other wire in the other hand, a
Is felt precisely tho same 10 Oh the tongue,
,nly with increased power. These two wires
or want Of better tatnes, are called, positive
ind negative poles, meaning really that one 4,
conveys h different quality Of the fluid,
han the other, and that both are necessary ,
o produce ~galvanit effects. Now, If any I,
i%iiatttr, and Ittahy generally sup !
,oeed 10 BIZ uncomfortable onea, arc brought !,
II contact With ttBse wires, Whea attached =,
o q powerful battery, to,nbitstion immediately ,
place galtanism 10 quicker, II posi-. ,
lie, than electricity, aud il matters not whether :,
he itirss conveying it from the battery. art !,
me inch, are one thousand million MILES IN :
tHl Ht HB fUtite "batN S6 tHtiiHIHHFDHF1 !.
Ne have gone into these particulars Of a '
ehool. boys education, to expose thore fully .
he perfect hutnBuf Of those sub. marine ex. 3
LESSONS. aud to show how scientific terms, .
nd scientific experiments ate used to impose :.
pom the ignerant, ="
Go TO the proper place TO purchase ctemi- !
n intirumen,a, and buy a galvapic battery, y
/ Is a mere toy, perfectly harmless, then !,
ONE 70 the conclusion that you will blow UP !"
u old fla. boat On the ~oTfosije aide Of Tie ;,
ivor, take your metallic wiree Of sufficient, =
5ngtb to Communicates with tho fiat boat .
nd cover item carefully with twino, then .
oil down tar stiff and give the wires a good =,
HEX coat. This Is done to keep tho wires =
'om the water, ~ that useful clement Ia
ute az good . conductor of galvanism 40 the :.
,irea, and Of course it would run off into The =
'ater, then fix your wires under the boat, :,
ring them close together; aid have on the -
nd Gf eacii wire d piece df charcoal caro-. !,
lily pointed let those charcoal points !.
'tch, then put about these charcoal points a
. much powder rs gill rt6bably Blow up =,
10 boat. This explosivd machine may he ,
,ade III any way, ard herein lies the dccep. :.
on, tho galeartlt battery hows Zip notting, y
merely acts as . torch, to any explosive -
ibHtance. once having your explosive, ~
,acfsine arranged I'd suit you, IS to YoSF gal !,
anic battery and immense the plates in the :,
'oueli, If your Wires have been eaf6fGlly &C. Z
ured from contact with the water, and with !,
ach other until they meet in the explosive v
your boat will fly into the air, a O.
reat confusion will be created, and If Il 10 T"
the Mississippi, the cat fish will be very
Iuch astonished, the little nlggere on the "
near where the boat lay, viii be =
eligfted, and The whole matter will pass off q,
ith " wonderful ~eucces.' ~
Now professor somebody who ia or has !,
one all these strange things in New Or q.
.ane, adyertiyes that he has the most power u
j galyonic battery in the world, talks about 7.
. blowing up a vessel makes the old hulk "
! a steam boat a most magnificent scene, has
great deal 70 say about " Harbour Protec- re
on and other taking titles, ali concluding b,
it'll tttckets one aollar ind families proriacd W
ich seats. 0,
we cannot bit laugh at our gofd ftlshde Of N
10 " Crescent City" fot tfhhs being taken oil
i, and have only to say that we do not ex- ri
any such doings in Concordia..in our day CT
nd generation. Il
AS to all practical p~ufposee in tire way of {
a-sorfr defence we know Of nothing 30 per tt
,ctly ridiculous ss the galvanic battery. D
letter to dam up the Nile with a bullrush, y
ran to accomplish such a CONSUMPTION by h
UGH mears. As long ago rs when salma- "
undi was a. PERIODICAL Publication, our own
rving took liberties with the immortal Full
IN, who brought kis great genius. to bear :,
IL this kind or harbour defence, He invent D
d torpedoos, and all sorts of internal ma u
hines, but to no purpose. The enemy, with h
most singular peteerseness, wotld net 60 .
these tcfpedoes 10 be hLoWn up, but kept "