Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-05-31
THE NEW MAGNETIC ELECTRIC LIGHT
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This ignis uus has long enough misguided the public by
its frequent usoy appearances in the public journals and it
IS time that the unwary should be enlightened its real
nature At the present day. when magnetism, gavanis
electricity electromagnetic, and magnetoeectricity
working such vast wonders and these, too before the Public
have begun to comprehend the general principles of
these branches Of science, designing individuals constantly
forcing upon the public their extraordinary discoveries and in
venons under the cloak and caption Of the grand magnetic
n'agnetieeecc gairanc, some such like prodigy. do
not mpue to Messrs SANDERS and STARR Of Cincinnati the
character of mposters have any personal knowledge
by which could justly apply to them the title Of empirical
But thus much am compelled to state that every scientific
man among must blush for the reputation Of country
to learn that these gentlemen have gone England
procure patent for the production Of magnetic-eetc
light Ever since the invention of the great gavanc battery
called the Deagator, its power producing intense light be-
charcoal points has been known and the experiment
has been repeated in almost every laboratory in the civilized
world The practical application of this light for ordinary il
Elimination has long since been attempted in England France
and in this country, and, after the most thorough and costly
experiments has been utterly abandoned neasbe. do
affirm that the thing impossible but that such
is the actual state Of the question up this present moment
while the invention itself is at least forty years old. About
fifteen years ago FARADAr made the important discovery of
magnetic eleccythat is, electricity produced by magnet
s-and Immediately the identity Of electricity thus developed
and gavanic electricity proved by the exhibition Of its
power in producing intense light between charcoal points,
well by other phenomena To ingenious countyman,
Mr. SAxToS, belongs the honor Of first constructing avail
able machine for the application and successful carrying Of
Faradays splendid discovery. With this machine, some
recent notifications the experiment Of producing the imagine
feeec light has been repeated in almost every laboratory
in the world The light and the that produced
by the gavanc battery but cannot be made pass through
great space, BIO rendered Will
Messs Sanders and Starr pretend any thing than
what is already known and written upon this subject Iso
then they must have arrived at something which neither
gavanic magnetc-electric light informed few
days SINCE by distinguished scientific gentleman from Gin
cinna that the above named persons in order exhibit
their new magnetic light. actually made of gavanic
battery Men Of science would have than their hands
full to pluck the fungi from the exubean tree Of science,
they daily make their appearance through the public prints
but when the attempt is often repeated to fost and
deuson upon the uniformed it becomes their duty phi
anhropit, and in guardians of the public
rights, TO explain and instruct G. G. p.